n.
Pronunciation: ' ban-( ˌ )tü, ' bän-
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Bantu or Bantus
Etymology: ba-, a plural noun classifier + -ntu, noun base meaning “ person ” in several Bantu languages
Date: 1862
1 : a family of Niger-Congo languages spoken in central and southern Africa
2 : a member of any of a group of African peoples who speak Bantu languages