Bantu
noun/ˈbæntu/
Etymology Borrowed from Proto-Bantu *bàntʊ̀ pl (“people”), as reconstructed by the 19th-century linguist Wilhelm Bleek.
1
A member of any of the African ethnic groups that speak a Bantu language.
2
The largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group, spoken in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Derived terms
- Semi-Bantu
- Related terms
- Bantu languages, Bantu ethnic groups