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Meaning 1
The group of languages of the Nguni people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Nguni
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/(ə)ŋˈɡuːni/
noun
Meaning 2
The group of Southern African peoples comprising the Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Mpondo and Ndebele nations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Meaning 3
a group of southern Bantu languages
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Bantu, Bantoid language
Narrower terms: Ndebele, Matabele, Swazi, Xhosa, Zulu
History
Etymology
From Zulu noun stem as in umNguni (“member of Nguni people”), isiNguni (“Nguni language group”).