The term 'Family of African Languages' refers to the BANTU language family, which is a group of more than 500 languages spoken by over 200 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa. BANTU is an umbrella term for the languages, which are related to each other through a common ancestor. The BANTU language family is divided into several branches, including the Niger-Congo, Nilo-Saharan, and Khoisan language families.