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

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

Derived forms: Bantus

See also: Bantoid, Bantu-speaking

Type of: African, Niger-Congo

Encyclopedia: Bantu