Ndebele may refer to:
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Southern Ndebele people
Southern Ndebele people, also known in English by their endonym AmaNdebele, are a Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa who speak Southern Ndebele language (isiNdebele]).
The group is separate from the Northern Ndebele people, Norther ...
, located in South Africa
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Northern Ndebele people
The Northern Ndebele people (; ; ) are a Nguni ethnic group native to Southern Africa. Significant populations of native speakers of the Northern Ndebele language (siNdebele) are found in Zimbabwe and as amaZulu in South Africa. They differ ...
, located in Zimbabwe
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Sumayela Ndebele (Northern Transvaal Ndebele), located in South Africa
Languages
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Southern Ndebele language
isiNdebele (), also known as Southern Ndebele is an African language belonging to the Mbo group of Bantu languages, spoken by the Ndebele people of South Africa.
Northern Ndebele or Ndebele also known as isi Ndebele is spoken in Limp ...
, the language of the South Ndebele
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Northern Ndebele language
Northern Ndebele (), also called Ndebele, isiNdebele saseNyakatho, Zimbabwean Ndebele, isiNdebele or North Ndebele, associated with the term Matabele, is a Nguni language spoken by the Northern Ndebele people which belongs to the Nguni language ...
, the language of the Northern Ndebele
See also
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Matabele (disambiguation)
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