Bantu language

A Bantu language is a member of a large branch of the Niger-Congo language family, spoken primarily in central, eastern, and southern Africa, characterized by noun class systems and agglutinative morphology.

Observed surface forms (11)

• Southern Bantu language ×10
• Niger-Congo language ×5
• branch of Niger–Congo languages ×5
• Bantu language group ×2
• Sotho-Tswana language ×2
• Swahili dialect ×2
• Bantu language branch ×1
• Bantu language variety ×1
• Sotho–Tswana language ×1
• Southern Bantu language group ×1

• branch of Bantoid languages ×1

Instances (54)

• Zulu
• Xhosa
• Fang language
• Kiunguja via concept surface "Swahili dialect"
• Kimvita via concept surface "Swahili dialect"
• Sesotho
• Setswana
• Tshivenda
• Xitsonga
• Bantu languages via concept surface "branch of Niger–Congo languages"
• Southern Bantu via concept surface "Bantu language branch"
• Nguni languages via concept surface "Bantu language group"
• Southern Bantoid via concept surface "branch of Bantoid languages"
• Southern Ndebele
• Swahili language
• Wolof via concept surface "Niger-Congo language"
• Shona
• Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
  surface form: Northern Sotho
• Northern Ndebele
• Kirundi
• Nzebi
• Punu
• Myene
• Lozi
• Venda
• Gur languages via concept surface "branch of Niger–Congo languages"
• Kikuyu
• Mande languages via concept surface "branch of Niger–Congo languages"
• Tshiluba
• Benue–Congo languages via concept surface "branch of Niger–Congo languages"
• Lingala
• Adamawa–Ubangi languages via concept surface "branch of Niger–Congo languages"
• Chichewa
• Luganda
• Fang
  surface form: Fang language
• Kikongo
• Swati
• Bube
• Ndowe
• Kinyarwanda
• Kimbundu
• Nupe language via concept surface "Niger-Congo language"
• Tsonga
• Makhuwa
• Umbundu
• Ikwerre via concept surface "Niger-Congo language"
• Sena
• Bulu language
• Beti languages via concept surface "Bantu language group"
• Ewondo language