also: バンツーしょご
Bantu languages
Refers to the large family of languages spoken in central and southern Africa. Used in linguistic contexts.
The Bantu languages are spoken across a wide area of Africa.
Swahili is one of the Bantu languages.
Standard spelling with long vowel mark.
Variant spelling without the long vowel mark; less common but still used.
From English 'Bantu' plus 諸語 (shogo, 'various languages'). The term 'Bantu' itself comes from the Proto-Bantu root *-ntu meaning 'person'.