derog a member of a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting of central and southern Africa
a group of African languages spoken by these peoples, including Kongo, Swahili, Xhosa, and Zulu
Bantu adj
plural in some African languages of -ntu, an element meaning ‘person’. Words from Bantu languages that have passed into English include chimpanzee, mamba, tsetse, and zombie, and possibly banjo