Language family that includes Swahili (5)

I believe the answer is:

bantu

(Other definitions for bantu that I've seen before include "Family of southern African languages" , "Group of Niger-Congo languages" , "Widely-spoken group of African languages" , "Language group of central and southern Africa" , "Group of widely spoken languages of southern Africa" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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