Nguni

/(ə)ŋˈɡuːni/ name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The group of Southern African peoples comprising the Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Mpondo and Ndebele nations. plural, plural-only
  2. 2
    a group of southern Bantu languages wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The group of languages of the Nguni people.

Etymology

From Zulu noun stem as in umNguni (“member of Nguni people”), isiNguni (“Nguni language group”).

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