African language group that gave us "marimba" (5)

I believe the answer is:

bantu

(Other definitions for bantu that I've seen before include "Some Africans" , "Zulu, Swahili etc" , "A language and people of Africa" , "South African" , "African language family" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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