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Bantu languages, an Uncommon card
The Bantu languages are a language family, or a branch of the proposed Niger-Congo language family, containing about 600 languages that are spoken by the Bantu peoples of Central, Southern, Eastern and Southeast Africa.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 190,000
Power 143 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Bantu languages quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bantu languages card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They form the largest branch of the ______ Bantoid languages.
Answer
Southern. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages. From the Bantu languages article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Neoclassical architecture. Neoclassical architecture 82 · Bantu languages 77 · Ouagadougou 72 · Beluga 68 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
- The total number of Bantu languages is estimated at between 440 and 680 distinct languages, depending on the definition of "language" versus "dialect".
- Many Bantu languages borrow words from each other, and some are mutually intelligible.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bantu languages article was read about 190,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Bantu languages
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- InchUncommon · Science · ATK 71 DEF 72
- BelugaUncommon · Nature · ATK 68 DEF 75
- Neoclassical architectureUncommon · Arts · ATK 82 DEF 61
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bantu languages (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : File:Africa_map_blank.svg : User:Sting Derivative work: User:SUM1 Language info: compiled , CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
