English words from Bantu

(languages spoken by over 400 closely related groups in central, east-central, and southern Africa, belonging to the South Central subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family and including Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Zulu, Xhosa, etc.)

The words in this unit have been compiled from a list of the "Bantu" languages. The parts of speeches and definitions were added from a variety of sources.

—The basic entries come from the "Word Source" section in the
Scott, Foresman Advanced Dictionary by E.L. Thorndike and Clarence L. Barnhart;
Scott, Foresman and Company; Glenview, Illinois; 1973; page 88.

banana

banjo

basenji

buckaroo

chimpanzee

gnu

goober

gumbo

impala

jazz

jukebox

kudu

Kwanza

marimba

okra

See other English words from foreign languages at this
Other Languages Index.

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English words from Bantu

(languages spoken by over 400 closely related groups in central, east-central, and southern Africa, belonging to the South Central subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family and including Swahili, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Zulu, Xhosa, etc.)

See other English words from foreign languages at this Other Languages Index.

See other English words from foreign languages at this
Other Languages Index.