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Ndebele
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English
Pronunciation
en /(ə)ndəˈbeɪleɪ/ /(ə)ndəˈbɛleɪ/ US,UK
Noun
s Ndebele
A person from South Africa.
A person from Zimbabwe.
en 2015 Khoza Mduduzi The West Stole Africa's Wealth It's not relevant for the purpose of my discussion who got to Zimbabwe first between the Shonas and the Ndebeles.
en Blessing-Miles Tendi Tsvangirai's dicey strategy w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/jun/17/tsvangirai-mugabe-zimbabwe 2009-06-17 Furthermore, Britain's show of disapproval for Mugabe's Zanu-PF government during the land seizures was in conflict with its largely silent approach on the 1980s Gukurahundi conflict, in which Mugabe ordered the massacre of up to 20,000 Ndebele civilians. https://web.archive.org/web/20261017233406/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2009/jun/17/tsvangirai-mugabe-zimbabwe 17 October 2026
Proper noun
Any of the languages spoken by these two peoples: Northern Ndebele and the not closely related Southern Ndebele.
en 2022 w:NoViolet Bulawayo Glory Chatto & Windus 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.
Translations
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 恩德贝莱语
Japanese: ja ンデベレ語
Further reading
Northern nde
Southern nbl
Anagrams
en bdeeeln Bendele
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