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..., is a language of the [[Bantu languages|Bantu language]] family. The noun class prefix ''chi-'' is used for languages, so the language is also called '''Ch

..., is a language of the [[Bantu languages|Bantu language]] family. The noun class prefix ''chi-'' is used for languages, so the language is also called '''Ch

{|class="wikitable" ...d before verbs governed by, and adjectives describing, a noun of the given class.

...ow, e.g. ''fumu'' 'chief' (class 9) irregularly has a plural ''mafumu'' in class 6. '''Class 1/2 (Mu-Ŵa-)'''

{|class="wikitable" ...[[agglutinative]], depends mainly on [[prefixes]], has a system of several noun classes, a large set of verbal aspects and tenses, very few actual adjectiv

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...human nouns starting with ''mu-'' (class 1) in most languages is ''ba-'' (class 2), thus giving ''bantu'' for "people". Bleek, and later Carl Meinhof, purs ...ficative roots connected with the noun. Plural is indicated by a change of class, with a resulting change of prefix.

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...[[language]] of the [[Bantu languages|Bantu language]] family. The [[noun class]] prefix ''chi-'' is used for languages,<ref>''cf.'' ''Kiswahili'' for the ..., ''u''. Long or double vowels are sometimes found, e.g. ''áákúlu'' 'big' (class 2), ''kufúula'' 'to shout'.<ref>Atkins (1950), p.201.</ref> When a word co