Bantu
Bantu
Bantu (/ˈbæntuː/; from the native term for "people") is a general term for over 600 ethnic groups in Africa, from Cameroon to South Africa, united by a common language family, the Bantu languages, and in many cases common customs.
Etymology
The term "Bantu", meaning "people", is derived from the word for "people" or "humans" in many Bantu languages. The term was first used by Wilhelm Bleek (1827–1875), a German linguist and anthropologist, who recognized the common linguistic pattern in the region.
Pronunciation
The term "Bantu" is pronounced as /ˈbæntuː/.
Related Terms
- Bantu languages: A group of some 500 languages belonging to the Bantoid subgroup of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family.
- Bantu expansion: A major series of migrations of the original proto-Bantu language speaking group, who spread from an original nucleus around West Africa-Central Africa across much of sub-Sahara Africa.
- Bantu peoples: The approximately 85 million people who speak Bantu languages, spread over a vast area from Central Africa across the African Great Lakes to Southern Africa.
- Bantu education: An educational system for African students in South Africa, designed to prepare black people for their role in a segregated society.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Bantu
- Wikipedia's article - Bantu
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