- Bantu-speaking
- adjective1. of or relating to people who speak Bantu-
the Bantu-speaking people of Africa
• Pertains to noun: ↑Bantu2. able to communicate in Bantu• Similar to: ↑communicative, ↑communicatory
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Bantu-speaking
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