Ndebele

noun

Nde·​be·​le

ˌendəˈbē(ˌ)lē

plural Ndebele or Ndebeles

1

a

: a Bantu people of the northern Transvaal and Southern Rhodesia

called also Matabele

b

: a member of such people

2

: a dialect of Zulu spoken by the Ndebele people

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