What is the meaning of Bantu?

noun

  • A member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa.
  • A family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent.

adjective

  • Of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture.
    • usage: "the Bantu population of Sierra Leone"
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