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==Different names in other Bantu languages== Although the most popular term referring to the philosophy today is "ubuntu" ([[Zulu language]], South Africa), the philosophy is believed to stretch back to the beginning of [[proto-Bantu language]] and has many other names in other [[Bantu languages]]. {|class=wikitable |+"Humanity" in Bantu languages !Countries ! Language !! Word |- |[[Angola]], [[DRC]], [[RotC|ROC]] |[[Kongo language|Kongo]]||''kimuntu'', ''gimuntu'' |- |[[Botswana]] |[[Setswana language|Setswana]]||''botho'' |- |[[Burundi]], [[Rwanda]] |[[Kinyarwanda language|Kinyarwanda]], [[Kirundi language|Kirundi]]||''ubuntu'' |- |[[Cameroon]] |[[Sawabantu languages|Sawabantu]]||''bato'' |- |DRC |Kongo, [[Luba-Kasai language|Luba-Kasai]] |''bomoto'', ''bantu'' |- |[[Kenya]] |[[Kikuyu language|Kikuyu]]||''umundu{{efn|name=pers}}'' |- |Kenya |[[Ekegusii]] |''obonto'' |- |Kenya |[[Luhya language|Luhya]]||''omundu'' |- |Kenya |[[Meru language|Meru]]||''munto{{efn|name=pers|"Person". Not a true class 14 word for "humanity".}}'' |- |Kenya, [[Tanzania]] |[[Swahili language|Swahili]]||''utu'' |- |[[Mozambique]] |[[Makua people|Makua]] |''vumuntu'' |- |[[Namibia]] |[[Otjiherero ]]||''omundu'' |- |Namibia |[[Oshiwambo ]]||''omuntu'' |- |Namibia |[[Rukwangali]]|| ''muntu'' |- |[[South Africa]], [[Lesotho]] |[[Sesotho language|Sesotho]] ||''botho'' |- |South Africa |[[Tshivenda language|Tshivenda]]||''vhuthu'' |- |South Africa, [[Zimbabwe]] |[[Northern Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]], [[Zulu language|Zulu]]||''ubuntu'' |- |[[Uganda]] |[[Ganda language|Luganda]]||''obuuntu'' |- |[[Zambia]], [[Malawi]] |[[Chewa language|Chewa]] and [[Chitumbuka]] |''umunthu'' |- |Zambia |[[Tonga language (Zambia and Zimbabwe)|Tonga]] |''ibuntu'' |- |[[Zimbabwe]] |[[Shona language|Shona]] |''unhu'', ''hunhu'' |}
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