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Nguni languages

The Nguni languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa (mainly South Africa, Zimbabwe and Eswatini) by the Nguni people. Nguni languages include Xhosa, Ndebele, Swati, and Zulu. The appellation "Nguni" derives from their ancestor called Mnguni. Ngoni (see below) is an older, or a shifted, variant. The Nguni languages are the…

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Ethnicity
Nguni people
Geographic distribution
Southern Africa
Glottolog
ngun1267
Linguistic classification
Atlantic–CongoVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni · Volta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni · Benue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni · BantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni · Southern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni
Proto-language
Proto-Nguni
Subdivisions
Zunda languages · Tekela languages

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Nguni languages

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Nguni languages

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see also · 11
Nguni languages → Africa, Bantu, Gayle, Germanic, IsiNgqumo, Malawi, Ngoni, Nguni, South Africa, South African, South African Nguni
Linguistic classification · 8
Nguni languages → Atlantic–CongoVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni, BantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni, BantuSouthern BantuNguni, Benue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni, Nguni, Southern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni, Southern BantuNguni, Volta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni
related to Characteristics · 7
Nguni languages → Development, Nguni, Phuthi, Proto-Bantu, Sotho, Spreading, The
Subdivisions · 2
Nguni languages → Tekela languages, Zunda languages
Ethnicity · 1
Nguni languages → Nguni people
Geographic distribution · 1
Nguni languages → Southern Africa
Glottolog · 1
Nguni languages → ngun1267
Proto-language · 1
Nguni languages → Proto-Nguni

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nguni languages southern africa bantu zulu phuthi linguistic african xhosa south people tekela zunda university label ngoni consonants use swazi

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Nguni languagesEthnicityNguni people1.00infobox
Nguni languagesGeographic distributionSouthern Africa1.00infobox
Nguni languagesGlottologngun12671.00infobox
Nguni languagesLinguistic classificationAtlantic–CongoVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni1.00infobox
Nguni languagesLinguistic classificationVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni1.00infobox
Nguni languagesLinguistic classificationBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni1.00infobox
Nguni languagesLinguistic classificationBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni1.00infobox
Nguni languagesLinguistic classificationSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuNguni1.00infobox
Nguni languagesLinguistic classificationBantuSouthern BantuNguni1.00infobox
Nguni languagesLinguistic classificationSouthern BantuNguni1.00infobox
Nguni languagesLinguistic classificationNguni1.00infobox
Nguni languagesProto-languageProto-Nguni1.00infobox
Nguni languagesSubdivisionsZunda languages1.00infobox
Nguni languagesSubdivisionsTekela languages1.00infobox

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