bantouadjectiveproper nounSyllable DecompositionbantouEtymologyexpandfrom bantu, plural of ntu ('person'), in several Bantu languages.Definitions1. Relating to the Bantu ethnic group, a group of peoples speaking some four hundred related languages known as Bantu languages, present in Africa, from Gabon to the Comoros from west to east and from the Central African Republic to South Africa from north to south.expand2. Relating to a Bantu language.expandTranslationsgerman:Bantuenglish:Bantudutch:BantoeSee alsoBantou (pn.) bantous (adj.) bantoues (adj.) Bantous (pn.) bantoue (adj.)