Balanta

/bəˈlɑːntə/ noun

A West African people of Guinea-Bissau and Senegal, or the language they speak.

From Portuguese contact with West African groups; the name likely derives from a local language root, though the exact etymology is debated among linguists studying Bantu and Atlantic language families.

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