Associations to the word «Bantu»

Wiktionary

BANTU, proper noun. The largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group, spoken in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.
BANTU, proper noun. General term for African ethnic groups speaking a Bantu language and their members.
BANTU, proper noun. (South Africa) (dated) (now offensive) A black South African.

Dictionary definition

BANTU, noun. A member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa.
BANTU, noun. A family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent.
BANTU, adjective. Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture; "the Bantu population of Sierra Leone".

Wise words

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John Locke