Ndebele
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English
Pronunciation
Noun
Ndebele pl (plural only)
- A person from South Africa.
- A person from Zimbabwe.
Proper noun
Ndebele
- Any of the languages spoken by these two peoples: Northern Ndebele and the not closely related Southern Ndebele.
- 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 191:
- And look, that’s you a few years later, holding up a package at a prize-giving ceremony — throughout primary you always came first in English and Ndebele class.
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Northern, nde
- Ethnologue entry for Southern, nbl
