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Where does “úmúntu” come from?

úmúntu (Proto-Nguni) comes from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu.

úmúntu (Proto-Nguni): person, human

Definitions

  1. person, human

Ancestry of “úmúntu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu*mʊ̀ntʊ̀—
2Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-nintu—
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