bantou

bɑ̃tu

bantu

Definition

Definition of bantou - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

linguistique

Rare

langue parlée par les peuples bantous d'Afrique

Rare

Le swahili est un bantou parlé en Afrique de l'Est.

ethnie

Rare

personne appartenant aux peuples d'Afrique centrale et australe

Rare

Les Bantous ont migré vers le sud de l'Afrique il y a des siècles.

Adjective

langue

Rare

qui concerne les langues parlées par les peuples bantous

Rare

Le swahili est une langue bantoue très répandue.

peuple

Rare

qui concerne les peuples bantous d'Afrique

Rare

Les traditions bantoues sont très riches et variées.

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Origin of bantou

bantou, bantou (groupe ethnique)

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zoulou

culture

personne appartenant au peuple bantou d'Afrique du Sud

nata

langue africaine

dialecte bantou parlé en Tanzanie

Ngoni

ethnie africaine

peuple bantou vivant principalement au Malawi, en Zambie et Tanzanie

tswana

adj.

culture

qui concerne un peuple bantou d’Afrique australe

Examples of bantou in a sentence

Ils ont enregistré un dictionnaire bantou-français.
Un Bantou a partagé son histoire au musée.
Plusieurs Bantous vivent dans cette région rurale.
Les contes bantous sont transmis oralement depuis des siècles.
Cette région possède une riche tradition musicale bantoue.
La musique bantoue influence de nombreux artistes africains.

On étudie les langues bantoues à l’université.

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English:Bantu language, Bantu, ...
German:Bantu-Sprache, bantusprachlich, ...
Italian:bantu, ...
Spanish:bantú, ...
Portuguese:banto, bantu, ...
Chinese:班图语, 班图语的, ...
Japanese:バントゥー語, バントゥー系の, ...
Arabic:لغة بانتو, خاص بالشعوب البانتوية, ...
Hebrew:בַּנְטוּ, בַּנְטוּאִי, ...
Russian:язык банту, бантуйский, ...
Ukrainian:банту, бантуйський, ...
Catalan:bantu, bantú, ...
Danish:et bantusprog, bantusproglig, ...
Dutch:Bantoetaal, bantoetisch, ...
Greek:Μπαντού, μπαντού, ...
Khmer:ភាសាបាន់ទូ, បង់ទូ, ...
Korean:반투어, 반투계, ...
Polish:język bantu, bantuski, ...
Portuguese (BR):banto, bantou, ...
Romanian:limbaj bantou, bantu, ...
Swedish:bantuspråk, ...
Thai:ภาษาบันตู, บันตู, ...
Turkish:Bantu dili, Bantu dillerine ait, ...
Vietnamese:ngôn ngữ Bantou, Bantu, ...

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Definition of bantou - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Adjective

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