Word "BANTU" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent
Synonyms:
bantoid language

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa

Definition:
of or relating to the African people who speak one of the Bantoid languages or to their culture

Crossword Clues for BANTU

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Clue Source Date
Family of African languages The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 19 Feb 2026
Group of some 500 languages of Africa including Shona and Xhosa (5) Mirror Quiz 02 Jan 2026
Language family that includes Zulu LA Times Daily 22 Dec 2025
African language group Thomas Joseph 20 Dec 2025
African language group Eugene Sheffer 02 Oct 2025
Large group of languages that includes isiZulu and Setswana (5)
African language group Thomas Joseph 09 Jul 2025
Group of African languages; at bun (anag.) The Telegraph Mini 21 Jun 2025
Language family that includes Swahili New York Times Mini 29 May 2025
Eccentric aunt after a follower, it's said, in African language group (5)
Language of a social worker in hearty rebuke
Group of languages spoken by black people in Central Africa (5)
But an African changes it (5)
Group of some 500 languages of Africa including Shona and Xhosa Mirror Quiz 29 Mar 2025
Group of African peoples, languages (5)
African family of languages The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 16 Mar 2025
Sierra Leone-speak is but an alternative (5)
Abundant, and not compiled in African languages (5)
Group of some 500 languages of Africa including Shona and Xhosa Mirror Quiz 27 Dec 2024
___ knots
Some languages don't allow you to translate into French (5) The Guardian Cryptic 05 Dec 2024
African language family Wall Street Journal 03 Dec 2024
Zulu's language family Wall Street Journal 23 Nov 2024
Race that is turbaned but not red (5)
People in endless butane production? (5)
Language group including Xhosa The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 21 Oct 2024
Group of widely spoken languages of southern Africa (5)
Language that gave us "gumbo"
Language in which to proscribe a trade union? (5)
Central and South African tribal language grouro (5)
Graduate twisting a nut is an African (5)
African language LA Times Mini 13 Aug 2024
It's spoken in urban tunnels(5)
Swahili and Xhosa's language group
Outlaw trade union language The Times Quick Cryptic 02 Jul 2024
Censor second person using French language
___ knots (hairstyle) New York Times 11 Jun 2024
Curse you in French tongue (5)
Don't allow a worker's organisation for Africans (5)
African language group that gave us "marimba" Universal 19 May 2024
Where gumbo comes from Newsday 18 May 2024
Which subgroup of African languages includes Zulu and Swahili? (5)
Group of languages of Africa including Zulu and Xhosa (5)
Tanzanian languages in urban turmoil (5)
___ knots (hairstyle) Universal 07 Apr 2024
But an alteration is needed to an African tongue (5)
An African language for some of the urban tutors (5)
___ knots (natural Black hairstyle)
__ knots (natural Black hairstyle) Commuter 29 Mar 2024
It's an African language, but oddly contains English article (5)
African language family LA Times Daily 03 Mar 2024
Prohibit the trade union creating languages (5)
African veto as well, by the sound of it (5)
It's spoken in suburban Tunbridge Wells
African language group Eugene Sheffer 29 Dec 2023
African language group The Guardian Speedy 24 Dec 2023
African language group The Guardian Quick 24 Nov 2023
Language family that includes Swahili LA Times Daily 23 Nov 2023
African languages disallow Senegalese translation of "thou" (5)
African languages disallow Senegalese translation of 'thou' The Telegraph Toughie 22 Nov 2023
Language graduate given books by university The Times Cryptic 02 Oct 2023
African language group LA Times Daily 02 Sep 2023
Language group of sub-Saharan Africa New York Times 23 Jul 2023
__ knots: intricate Black hairstyle LA Times Daily 11 Jul 2023
Linguistic group including Zulu and Xhosa New York Times 02 Jul 2023
Language group that's the source of 'zombie' and 'gumbo' Wall Street Journal 24 May 2023
Language family that includes Zulu New York Times 22 May 2023
African language group The Times Concise 21 May 2023
Anti-labour slogan in this sub-Saharan speech? The Guardian Cryptic 29 Nov 2022
African language group Thomas Joseph 19 Sep 2022
Language group that includes Swahili Universal 28 Aug 2022
Group of African languages The Times Concise 04 Aug 2022
African language group Eugene Sheffer 15 Apr 2022
African language group Wall Street Journal 26 Mar 2022
African language group Thomas Joseph 24 Mar 2022
African language group Wall Street Journal 26 Feb 2022
African language group Eugene Sheffer 01 Feb 2022
Language family for Sotho and Swazi speakers
Swahili's language group LA Times Daily 20 Dec 2021
Linguistic group that includes Zulu LA Times Daily 26 Oct 2021
Group of African languages The Times Concise 10 Sep 2021
Language of central Africa Newsday 05 Sep 2021
Language group of southern Africa New York Times 16 Aug 2021
African language group Eugene Sheffer 02 Jun 2021
African language group The Times Concise 19 May 2021
African language family New York Times 02 Apr 2021
Language family including Swahili, Xhosa and Zulu Wall Street Journal 25 Mar 2021
Swahili’s language family Wall Street Journal 27 Feb 2021
African language group Universal 12 Jan 2021
Language heard in Tanzania Universal 01 Jan 2021
African language group
African language group LA Times Daily 08 Dec 2020
Bishop reportedly also comprehends a number of foreign languages The Telegraph Toughie 13 Oct 2020
Xhosa and Zulu's language group Universal 24 Sep 2020
Language group including Zulu
Language group including Zulu LA Times Daily 21 Jun 2020
Swahili's language group Universal 25 Apr 2020
Language group that includes Swahili and Zulu USA Today 23 Feb 2020
Language group of southern Africa New York Times 19 Feb 2020
Language group that includes Swahili
Language group that includes Swahili LA Times Daily 26 Oct 2019
Language graduate not missing old university
Original source of “gumbo” and “goober” Wall Street Journal 17 Aug 2019
Language family of Africa New York Times 29 Jul 2019
Language of southern Africa
Language of southern Africa LA Times Daily 17 Jun 2019
African six-footer stops drunk in Paris The Telegraph Toughie 03 May 2019
African language The Times Concise 18 Apr 2019
Xhosa's language group
Xhosa's language group LA Times Daily 21 Feb 2019
Language family that includes Xhosa and Zulu New York Times 03 Feb 2019
Congo language Wall Street Journal 28 Jan 2019
Message opposing workers' rights in African languages
African language group
Original source of "gumbo" and "goober"
Congo language
African language group
Language family that includes Xhosa and Zulu
Language family of Africa
Xhosa's language group
Language of southern Africa
Language group that includes Swahili
African linguistic group
Linguistic group that includes Zulu LA Times Daily 16 Nov 2018
Linguistic group that includes Zulu
Swahili's language group USA Today 13 Nov 2018
Language of southern Africa Family Time 05 Nov 2018
Like 'marimba' and 'basenji' Wall Street Journal 06 Oct 2018
Swahili's language group Newsday 09 Sep 2018
Language group current in Bhutan (not hard)
African language Universal 23 May 2018
Linguistic group that includes Zulu
Like "marimba" and "basenji"
Swahili's language group
African language
Language group that gave us 'banjo' and 'gumbo' New York Times 19 Dec 2017
Language group of central Africa New York Times 22 Nov 2017
Language family don't allow, excessively outspoken
Talk of Tanzania Wall Street Journal 19 Oct 2017
African source of ''gumbo'' Newsday 05 May 2017
Swahili or Zulu, e.g Wall Street Journal 25 Jan 2017
Some Africans admit soldier to Bangalore University at first
Language group that gave us "banjo" and "gumbo"
Language group of central Africa
10 across language The Times Concise 18 Nov 2016
Language of trade union after veto The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Oct 2016
African language
Swahili's subfamily Premier Sunday 14 Aug 2016
Tribe to prohibit Tory leader at university
Xhosa's linguistic family USA Today 11 Aug 2016
Zulu or Kikuyu LA Times Daily 18 Mar 2016
Insist on the formal 'you' in French language?
Zulu, e.g New York Times 07 Jan 2016
Xhosa's linguistic family
Zulu, e.g.
Zulu or Hutu Premier Sunday 13 Dec 2015
It's an African language, but oddly includes English article The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Nov 2015
African language Thomas Joseph 27 Oct 2015
Language group including Swahili, Xhosa and Zulu The Times Concise 30 Jun 2015
Swahili language classification
African language USA Today 22 May 2015
Zulu, for one USA Today 10 May 2015
African language family USA Today 08 Mar 2015
African tongue Thomas Joseph 04 Feb 2015
Swahili language classification
Zulu, for one
African language
Zulu or Hutu
African language family
African language
Taliban turned down admission to tribal
Foreign language graduate needs books on the capital of Uruguay
Stop a couple talking a foreign language
African linguistic group
Congolese, e.g.
Source of the words "mamba" and "chimpanzee"
Swahili or Zulu
Zulu language group
Swahili's language group
Zulu's group
African language group
African language group
Swahili speaker
Family of African languages
Equatorial African
Language group including Shona and Swahili
Language family common in southern Cameroon
Swahili's language family
Language of southern Africa
Language family common in southern Cameroon
Like "banjo," "bongo," and "marimba"
Zanzibar denizen
South African tongue
Language group of Zulu
Zanzibar native
Language from which "gumbo" comes
African language group
Language group that includes Swahili
Language that gives us "banjo" and "gumbo"
Zulu or Swahili
Language group that includes Swahili
Language group that includes Zulu and Swahili
African tribesman
Language-group name meaning "people"
Congo lingo
Language of southern Africa
Swahili and related tongues
South African language group
Swahili's family
African language family
Certain African tribe member
Zulu's group
Swahili, e.g.
Language group that includes Zulu
Native African
Group of African languages
Southern Africa language
Swahili or Zulu
Language group that includes Zulu
Congo language
African language group
Zulu or Swahili
African-language group
African language family
African language
African language group
Language family from which "zombie" originates
Language group with click consonants
Language family from which "zombie" originates
People of southern Africa
Xhosa, for example
Swazi, e.g.
African language family
African language group
Zulu or Swahili
Congo language
African language group
African language family
Zulu, e.g.
Grouping containing Swahili and Zulu
Swahili or Zulu
Swahili, e.g.
Zulu, e.g.
African language
Popular South African language group
Swahili's language group
Xhosa's language group
Swahili's language group
African native
Zulu, for one
African tongue
African language group
Swahili's family
Central and southern African people
Language group that includes Zulu
The Ndebele, for example
Zulu or Swahili
Zanzibar native
Linguistic group of 120 million people
African language group
Swahili or Zulu
Zanzibar native
Language group including Zulu
Peoples of southern Africa
Like "bongo" and "marimba"
Swahili's language group
Language of 90 million Africans
Congo lingo
Congo native
Swahili's language group
Language group that includes Xhosa
South African tribe
Swahili or Zulu
Language group including Zulu
African linguistic group
African tribesman
Swahili or Xhosa
Language that gives us "marimba" and "goober"
Swahili's language group
African group of languages
African language group
Southern African
Swahili and related tongues
African tribal group
African tribe member
African language grouping
Swahili or Zulu
African tongue
Luanda language
Xhosa's linguistic family
African tribesman
People of southern Africa
Equatorial African group
African tribe
Language spoken in Malawi
African tribe
Kaffir, e.g.
African native
African people
Major African language
Swahili tongue
Language of Africa, S. of Equator.
Great Negro family.
South African language.
Great family of African tribes.
Swahili or Zulu.
Linguistic group of Africa.
African language.
Equatorial African.
Matabele.
African tongue.
African tribe.
African language group.
African people.
African.
African tribesman.
African
Kaffir.
Zulus' language.
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