Ndebele

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ndəˈbeːleː/

Noun

Ndebele pl (plural only)

1. A person from South Africa.
2. A person from Zimbabwe.

Proper noun

Ndebele

1. Any of the languages spoken by these two peoples: Northern Ndebele and the not closely related Southern Ndebele.
   • 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 191:

     And look, that’s you a few years later, holding up a package at a prize-giving ceremony — throughout primary you always came first in English and Ndebele class.

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Northern, nde ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Southern, nbl ⁠

Anagrams

• Bendele