Ndebele

[ uhn-duh-bee-lee ]

noun,plural Nde·be·les, (especially collectively) Nde·be·le for 1.
  1. Also called Matabele. a member of a Nguni people of the Transvaal and Zimbabwe.

  2. the Bantu language of these people.

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British Dictionary definitions for Ndebele

Ndebele

/ (ənˈdɛbɛle) /


noun
  1. plural Ndebele a member of a Negroid people of Zimbabwe: See also Matabele

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu grouping of the Niger-Congo family

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