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Bantu may refer to:

The Bantu languages (technically Narrow Bantu languages) constitute a grouping belonging to the Niger-Congo family Bantu is the name of a large category of African languages It also is used as a general label for over 400 Ethnic groups in Sub-Saharan Africa, from Cameroon A bantustan or more commonly black african homeland or simply homeland, was territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South-West

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Bantu

-proper noun

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