Mangbetu

noun

Mang·​be·​tu

mäŋˈbe(ˌ)tü

variants or less commonly Mangbattu

-ba(-

or Mangbettu

-be(-

or Mombuttoo

mämˈbə(-

plural Mangbetu or Mangbetus

1

a

: a people dwelling about the headwaters of the Uele river in northern Zaire and sometimes regarded as a distinctive racial type

b

: a member of such people

2

: a Central Sudanic language of the Mangbetu people

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