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PRONUNCIATION OF SEMI-BANTU

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEMI-BANTU

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Semi-Bantu can act as a noun and an adjective.
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The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SEMI-BANTU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Semi-Bantu

Semi-Bantu or Semibantu is a non-genealogical term that refers to those African languages spoken by the inhabitants of the Western grassfields of Cameroon which are Bantoid languages but don't belong to the Bantu language family. These languages have been influenced by the languages of both Bantu-speaking ethnic groups in the forests to the south and of the Benue-Congo-speaking peoples of the savannas to the north. The three major ethnic groupings who speak Semi-Bantu languages in Cameroon are the Bamileke, Bamum, and Tikar. The three groups share many similarities of culture and may come from a common ancestral people.

Definition of Semi-Bantu in the English dictionary

The definition of Semi-Bantu in the dictionary is a group of languages of W Africa, mainly SE Nigeria and Cameroon, that were not traditionally classed as Bantu but that show certain essential Bantu characteristics. They are now classed with Bantu in the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family. Other definition of Semi-Bantu is relating to or belonging to this group of languages.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEMI-BANTU

Semele
semelparity
semelparous
sememe
sememic
semen
Semeroe
Semeru

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEMI-BANTU

Bantu
battu
btu
centu
Hiri Motu
Hutu
impromptu
in situ
kutu
motu
ratu
Republic of Vanuatu
Tartu
Timbuktu
tutu
Ubuntu
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Vanuatu
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vertu

Synonyms and antonyms of Semi-Bantu in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Semi-Bantu» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEMI-BANTU

Find out the translation of Semi-Bantu to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Semi-Bantu from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Semi-Bantu» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半班图
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Semi - Bantu
570 millions of speakers

English

Semi-Bantu
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अर्ध बंटू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شبه البانتو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Полу - банту
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Semi- Bantu
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সেমি-বান্টু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Semi - Bantous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Semi-Bantu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Semi- Bantu
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

セミバンツー語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

세미 반투
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Semi-Bantu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Bán Bantu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரை பாந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्ध-बानु
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yarı Bantu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Semi - Bantu
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Semi - Bantu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Полу - банту
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Semi - Bantu
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Ημι - Μπαντού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Semi- Bantoe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Semi - Bantu
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Semi - Bantu
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Semi-Bantu

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEMI-BANTU»

The term «Semi-Bantu» is barely ever used and occupies the 207.202 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEMI-BANTU» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Semi-Bantu

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEMI-BANTU»

Discover the use of Semi-Bantu in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Semi-Bantu and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Comparative Study of the Bantu and Semi-Bantu Languages
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Harry Hamilton Johnston, 2011
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Communication Efficiency and Rural Development in Africa: ...
The. Bantoid. or. Semi-Bantu. Known to be part of the Sudanic kingdom, the Bantoid or Northeastern Bantu occupy the central and eastern plateau in Cameroon. They are mostly situated in the Bamenda region which includes Babanki and ...
Komben Emmanuel Ngwainmbi, 1995
3
The Manenguba Languages (Bantu A. 15 Mbo Cluster) of Cameroon
"Southern Mbo" "New Bantu" "Old Bantu" "Benue-Cross-River-Semi-Bantu" " North Cameroon mountains Semi-Bantu" "Peripheral class languages" This is the literature (of. first occurrence of the term 1.4.3.2). Cedillas and subscript dots in the ...
Robert Hedinger, 2012
4
Methodology and African Prehistory
Sir Henry Johnston in his vast work on Bantu and Semi-Bantu asserted the relationship of many so-called 'Sudanic' languages with Bantu, on the basis of the existence of noun classes. Delafosse, for his part, often used criteria that were more ...
Joseph Ki-Zerbo, 1989
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The Physical Anthropology of Southern Nigeria: A Biometric ...
Other Semi-Bantu-speaking peoples from the Cameroons are the Bangangte, a small group living south of the Bafumbum-Bansaw and speaking a Semi-Bantu tongue classified by Tessmann as North Cameroons Mountain Semi-Bantu; the ...
P. Amaury Talbot, H. Mulhall, 2013
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Ekoid Bantu Languages of Ogoja, Eastern Nigeria, Part 1, ...
Johnston, Sir Harry H. (1919) A Comparative Study of the Bantu and Semi-Bantu Languages, Volume I, Oxford: The Clarendon Press. Johnston, Sir Harry H. (1922 ) A Comparative Study of the Bantu and Semi-Bantu Languages, Volume II, ...
David W. Crabb, 2011
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A Global Encyclopedia of Historical Writing: A-J
Among his wotks on Aftica, two can he consideted as ctucial: The Opening Up of Aftica (1911) and A Compatative Study of the Bantu and Semi-Bantu Languages (2 vols., 1919-1922). The fitst of these, as its title implies, desctihes the ptocess ...
Daniel R. Woolf, 1998
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Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century
The peoples there all speak Bantu or semi-Bantu languages. There are numerous similarities in the way in which power is distributed in their political and social institutions. Males belonged to countless associations with ritual or police ...
Bethwell A. Ogot, 1999
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Language, Culture, and Communication
The Semi-Bantu languages show a special resemblance to the Bantu languages simply because they belong to the same subgroup of languages in the larger family, to which the name "Niger- Congo" is applied. Since these Semi-Bantu ...
Joseph Harold Greenberg, 1971
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Tribes Without Rulers: Studies in African Segmentary Systems
To the south, in Ogoja Province, are the people Tiv call Udam: a congeries of small, semi-Bantu speaking tribes—Bette, Otukwang, Egede, Bisseri, Bendi and Boki. Some of the Cameroons Bantu tribes—Mambila, Yukutare, Abo, Ndoro and  ...
John Middleton, David Tait, 2013

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEMI-BANTU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Semi-Bantu is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Glimpse at Nigeria
It was in Nigeria that the Bantu and Semi-Bantu, migrating from southern and central Africa, intermingled with the Sudanese. Later, other groups such as ... «Onislam.net, Feb 11»

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