Bantu-speaking
Sub-Saharan language group
Bantu-speaking describes people or communities whose native or primary language belongs to the Bantu family—a group of several hundred related languages spoken across central, eastern, and southern Africa.
The term appears in anthropological and historical contexts: Bantu-speaking peoples migrated southward over centuries, the Bantu-speaking regions of the continent.
Defined geographical areas
- AfricaSecond-largest continent
- Congo BasinMajor African river watershed
- Great LakesFive connected inland seas
- Southern AfricaContinent's bottom portion
East Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Tanzania · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Malawi
Systems of human communication
- SwahiliBantu language of East Africa
- ZuluBantu language of Natal
- XhosaBantu language with clicks
- ShonaSouthern African Bantu language
tonal · agglutinative · prefixes · suffixes · click consonants · grammar · vocabulary · dialects
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- oral historyRecorded interviews about the past
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- musicOrganized auditory art
dance · drumming · rituals · ceremonies · ubuntu · spirituality · ancestors · community
Distinct cultural or ethnic groups
- tribesAncestral social groups
- communitiesGroups with shared ties
- clansRelated family groups
- ancestryFamily line of descent
heritage · identity · African · sub-Saharan · East African · Great Lakes · indigenous · population
regions
Defined geographical areas
- AfricaSecond-largest continent
- Congo BasinMajor African river watershed
- Great LakesFive connected inland seas
Southern Africa · East Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Tanzania · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Malawi · Mozambique
languages
Systems of human communication
Shona · tonal · agglutinative · prefixes · suffixes · click consonants · grammar · vocabulary · dialects · phonology
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- oral historyRecorded interviews about the past
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
music · dance · drumming · rituals · ceremonies · ubuntu · spirituality · ancestors · community · village
peoples
Distinct cultural or ethnic groups
- tribesAncestral social groups
- communitiesGroups with shared ties
- clansRelated family groups
ancestry · heritage · identity · African · sub-Saharan · East African · Great Lakes · indigenous · population · descendants
Bantu-speakingArabic-speaking
Having Arabic as language
Anglophone · Francophone · English-speaking · French-speaking · Portuguese-speaking
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