bantu
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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/ˈbæntu/
Definition of bantu
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable)A member of any of the African ethnic groups that speak a Bantu language.
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noun
- (countable)A member of any of the African ethnic groups that speak a Bantu language.
- (uncountable)The largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group, spoken in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀ pl (“people”), as reconstructed by the 19th-century linguist Wilhelm Bleek.
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