Ubuntu (noun)

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The word Tu from where the noun Ubuntu is derived comes from a group of languages dominant in among Black people of Africa known as the Niger-Congo language group. This group includes subgroups such as Mande (e.g., Bambara, Mandinka), Atlantic (e.g., Wolof, Fula), Gur (e.g., Mossi), Kwa (e.g., Akan, Ewe, Yoruba), Benue–Congo (includes Bantu languages), Bantu (e.g., Swahili, Nguni (isiZulu, isiXhosa, siSwati, Hlubi, Bhaca), Shona, Kikuyu etc).

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