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The Spread of the Bantu Language

Bantu is spoken by 130 million people in southern Africa. Linguistic and archaeological evidence suggests that the original Bantu-speakers began their migration from a region in the north some 2,300 years ago

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 236 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “The Spread of the Bantu Language” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 236 No. 4 (), p. 106
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0477-106