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Proto-Bantu

Proto-Bantu proper noun: the hypothetical protolanguage of the Bantu languages.

Proper noun

Proto-Bantu

  1. The hypothetical protolanguage of the Bantu languages.

Origin of Proto-Bantu

From proto- + Bantu.

Questions about Proto-Bantu

What does Proto-Bantu mean?
Proto-Bantu means the hypothetical protolanguage of the Bantu languages.
What part of speech is Proto-Bantu?
Proto-Bantu is a proper noun.

Words near Proto-Bantu in the dictionary

  1. Proto-Austroasiatic
  2. Proto-Austronesian
  3. Proto-Bahnaric
  4. Proto-Baltic
  5. Proto-Balto-Slavic
  6. Proto-Bantu
  7. Proto-Basque
  8. Proto-Berber
  9. proto-Britain
  10. Proto-Brythonic
  11. Proto-Bungku-Tolaki

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