From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishBantuBan‧tu /ˌbænˈtuː◂/ noun 1 [uncountable] one of a large group of African languages that are spoken in central, eastern, or southern Africa, including Swahili and Zulu2 [countable] a person from central, eastern, or southern Africa who speaks one of the Bantu languages. Some people find this name offensive.
