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North Ndebele  

Definition

  • North Ndebele is the language spoken by the Zimbabwe Ndebele, also known as Matabele, in the Matabeleland region around the city of Bulawayo. It's a Bantu language of the Nguni group, closely related to Zulu. The Ndebele people of Zimbabwe are descendants of the followers of the Zulu military leader Mzilikazi, who left his home region in the early 19th century. North Ndebele is one of Zimbabwe‘s 16 official languages.

Entry terms

  • isiNdebele

Identifier

  • NDE

Notation

  • nd
  • nde

In other languages

  • севернондебелейски език

    Bulgarian

  • sjeverni ndebele

    Croatian

  • severní ndebelština

    Czech

  • nord-ndebele

    Danish

  • Noord-Ndebele

    Dutch

  • ndebele

    Estonian

  • pohjois-ndebele

    Finnish

  • ndébélé du Nord

    French

  • sindebele
  • Nord-Ndebele

    German

  • ντέμπελε του βορρά

    Greek

  • északi ndebele

    Hungarian

  • N-deibéilis an Tuaiscirt

    Irish

  • ndebele del Nord

    Italian

  • sindebele

    Latvian

  • šiaurės ndebelių

    Lithuanian

  • Ndebele tat-Tramuntana

    Maltese

  • isiNdebele

    North Ndebele

  • isiNdebele saseNyakatho
  • ndebele północny

    Polish

  • sindebele

    Portuguese

  • Ndebele de nord

    Romanian

  • severná ndebelčina

    Slovak

  • severna ndebelščina

    Slovenian

  • ndebele septentrional

    Spanish

  • nordndebele

    Swedish

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/NDE

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