bantu-speaking

1. 1.

   of or relating to people who speak Bantu

   “the Bantu-speaking people of Africa”
2. 2.

   able to communicate in Bantu

   Similarcommunicative

Questions about bantu-speaking

What does bantu-speaking mean?

bantu-speaking means "of or relating to people who speak Bantu". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bantu-speaking?

bantu-speaking has 5 syllables: ban-tu--spe-a-king. The stress falls on "spe".

Is bantu-speaking a common word?

bantu-speaking is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.