A member of a large group of African peoples or a speaker of any of the Bantu languages, which are widely spoken across sub-Saharan Africa.
From Bantu languages themselves, from the root 'ba-ntu' meaning 'the people' (ba- plural prefix + ntu 'person'), a self-designation that linguists adopted for the language family.
The word 'Bantu' literally means 'the people' in the languages themselves — it's one of the few language family names that comes from what speakers call themselves, making it uniquely humble and grounded.
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