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Definition of Nguni

1. Noun. A group of southern Bantu languages.

Definition of Nguni

1. Proper noun. The group of Southern African indigenous peoples comprising the Zulu, Xhosa and Swazi nations. ¹

2. Proper noun. The group of languages of the Nguni. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nguni

Literary usage of Nguni

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: With Notes on by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"Cp. u(lu)-Kutu. um-nguni, «. /. Name by which the Tongas call a Zulu-Kafir, hence occasionally adopted by these latter themselves — ! the word is also the ..."

2. A Handbook of the Ila Language by Edwin William Smith (1907)
"nguni ? interr. fro. who is it ? who is he ? ... nguni-nguni, pro. whosoever. Ngno, subs.fro. ind. 2. cl. sing. it. See chap, v, sect, 2 b. ..."

3. From Conflict to Negotiation: Nature-Based Development on South Africa's by Robin Palmer, Hermann Timmermans, Derick Fay (2002)
"... was continued - with different emphases and eventually on a larger scale - by those who succeeded the Khoi on this coast, the Cape nguni, or Xhosa. ..."

4. Transforming South Africa by Armin Osmanovic (2002)
"Of the nine African languages currently officially acknowledged in law, all except one can be grouped under either nguni or Sotho-Tswana. ..."

5. South African National HIV Prevalence, HIV Incidence, Behaviour and ...by Olive Shisana, Thomas Rehle, Leickness Simbayi by Olive Shisana, Thomas Rehle, Leickness Simbayi (2008)
"Table 3-69: Home language frequencies among respondents aged 15 years and older, South Africa 2005 Language Percentage nguni languages 43.5 Sotho languages ..."

6. Re-Visioning Television: Policy, Strategy and Models for the Sustainable by Adrian Hadland, Mike Aldridge, Joshua Ogada (2007)
"If it implements an 80 per cent nguni quota on SABC 1, together with an 80 per cent Sesotho and Afrikaans programming quota for SABC 2, it would only have ..."

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