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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024Ban•tu /ˈbæntu/USA pronunciation n., pl. -tus, -tu, adj. n. [countable]- a member of a group of black African people in southern and central Africa whose languages and cultures are interrelated.
- a grouping of languages spoken by the Bantu.
adj. - of or relating to the Bantu or to the group of languages spoken by them.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Ban•tu (ban′to̅o̅),USA pronunciation n., pl. -tus, (esp. collectively) -tu, adj. n. - Language Varietiesa member of any of several Negroid peoples forming a linguistically and in some respects culturally interrelated family in central and southern Africa.
- Language Varietiesa grouping of more than 500 languages of central and southern Africa, as Kikuyu, Swahili, Tswana, and Zulu, all related within a subbranch of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Kordofanian family.
adj. - Language Varietiesof, pertaining to, or characteristic of Bantu or the Bantu peoples.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Bantu /ˈbɑːntʊ; ˈbæntuː; bænˈtuː/ n - a group of languages of Africa, including most of the principal languages spoken from the equator to the Cape of Good Hope, but excluding the Khoisan family: now generally regarded as part of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
- ( pl -tu, -tus) South African taboo a Black speaker of a Bantu language
adj - denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of peoples or to any of their languages
Etymology: 19th Century: from Bantu Ba-ntu peopleUSAGE
Use of the term Bantu is only acceptable outside South Africa and when talking about this group of languages and their speakers. To refer to African people or peoples, the terms Black and African are acceptable within South Africa |