Words similar to bantu
Example sentences for: bantu
How can you use “bantu” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
The Fans --a Bantu tribe--tell of an imperfect creation.
Groups normally hostile to Tutsis, including Bantu student protesters in Kinshasa, have turned against Mobutu.
Swahili words were chosen because the language, a hybrid of Arabic and Bantu tongues, is tied to no particular African tribe.
Many Zairians consider Mobutu to be the stern-but-loving "national father ." Other more superstitious Zairians endow him with a supernatural aura, something he has cultivated through his identification with the leopard, which signifies omnipotence in Bantu iconography.
The languages discussed here are what are usually called the Indo-European family; similar family trees could be drawn for the Semitic languages, Sino-Tibetan, Japanese, Bantu, Malayo-Polynesian, and so on.