Ngoni

noun

Ngo·​ni

əŋˈgōnē

variants or Nguni

-günē

plural Ngoni or Ngonis or Nguni or Ngunis

1

a

: a prominent people of the region of Lake Nyasa in south central Africa

b

: a member of such people

2

a

: a group of closely related Bantu languages consisting of Zulu, Xhosa, and Swazi

b

: a dialect of Zulu more or less mixed with adjoining languages spoken in Nyasaland and Tanganyika

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