Ndebele Definition

əndə-bĕlā
ndebele
noun
A member of a Zulu people of southwest Zimbabwe.
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The Nguni language of the Ndebele, closely related to Zulu spoken in South Africa.
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Synonyms:

Origin of Ndebele

  • Ndebele -Ndebele (as in amaNdebele Ndebele people) (and isiNdebele Ndebele language) perhaps akin to Sotho Matebele Zulu peoples entering Sotho territories in the 19th century Matabele

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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