Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bantologist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ban-tol-o-gist
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who studies or is a scholar of Bantu languages or peoples; a Bantuist.

Example Sentences

"Among the guests who have honoured the University by a visit we may mention the well-known German Bantologist, Professor Meinhof, who, under the auspices of the Senate, gave a course of lectures on the Literature and Religion of the Bantu;..."
"[... the] Commission, who estimated the geographical income in the Bantu territories of South Africa. In connection with the last survey mentioned, it may be pointed out that fieldwork was undertaken by agricultural economists and Bantologists."
"We sigh in vain in South Africa for psychologists who are expert Bantologists or for Bantologists who are expert psychologists."

Etymology

From Bantu + -ologist.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Bantu
Suffix: -ologist

Inflected Forms

Bantologists (plural)

Questions

What does bantologist mean?: One who studies or is a scholar of Bantu languages or peoples; a Bantuist.
Where does bantologist come from?: From Bantu + -ologist.

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