Bantu

  1. Proper noun.  the largest African language family of the Niger-Congo group, spoken in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.
  2. Proper noun.  General term for African ethnic groups speaking a Bantu language and their members.
  3. Proper noun.  (South African: historical, now unacceptable/derogatory) A black South African.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.