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Adjective bantu has 1 sense

Bantu - of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture; "the Bantu population of Sierra Leone"

Noun bantu has 2 senses

Bantu - a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
--₁ is a kind of African
--₁ has particulars:
Hutu; Luba; Tswana, Bechuana, Batswana; Tutsi, Watutsi, Watusi

Bantu, Bantoid language - a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent
--₂ is a kind of Niger-Congo
--₂ has particulars:

Chichewa; ChiMwini; Chishona; Fang; Gikuyu; Giriama; Kamba; Kichaga, Chaga, Chagga; Kinyarwanda; Kiswahili; Kongo; Luba, Tshiluba; LuGanda; Luyia; Mashi; Mwera; Nguni; Nyamwezi; Pokomo; Sotho; Umbundu; Swahili; Tonga