Examples of 'nguni' in a sentence

Meaning of "nguni"

Nguni is an adjective used to describe the Nguni people, a group of Bantu-speaking ethnic groups in Southern Africa, including the Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, and Ndebele
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  • The group of Southern African peoples comprising the Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Mpondo and Ndebele nations.
  • The group of languages of the Nguni people.

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There should be tracts in the Nguni languages.
The remaining Nguni clans moved further south.
These sounds have been acquired from neighboring Nguni languages.
Two of your Nguni migrant workers died in that fire.
We need to talk about Nguni privilege.
The Nguni cattle breed is special to southern Africa.
It was marked by aggression against the Sotho people by the invading Nguni clans.
The museum offers displays of southern Nguni beadwork and traditional culture.
He was the last recognised heir of the Jamine dynasty of the Nguni people.
It was at Zombodze that the Nguni ceremony incwala was celebrated for the first time.
But rather was a part of a collection of strong influential royal woman in Nguni society.
Cowhide was used to make Nguni shields and the traditional skirt called the isidwaba.
Zulu is also the written language of the Northern Nguni.
Swaziland has been a monarchy ever since the Nguni people entered the territory.
Members of the Nguni people constituted a distinct class called the ba Ngoni.

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They were largely replaced by the Nguni during the Bantu migrations.
Nguni people speak Nguni languages and currently reside predominantly in Southern Africa.
This South African pillow cover is made from both special Nguni cattle and suede.
The Nguni island.
I just wanted you to know, this is a Nguni assegai.
They support a traditional Nguni shield which represents " protection.
It is also supposed that Shaka introduced a larger, heavier version of the Nguni shield.
The Swazi people are composed of various Nguni clans who speak the Nguni language SiSwati.
On more than one occasion, proposals have been put forward to create a unified Nguni language.
The name Imfundo is from the Nguni languages of southern Africa.
Later, they were ejected by the Bantu who formed the Nguni tribe.
They were superseded by Bantu / Nguni peoples with their own vocabularies of art forms.
Their leader was Dlamini, a man of Nguni background.
A sub-group of the Nguni peoples became the Thembu people.
As a child, she was taken captive for 6 months by an Nguni tribe called Amankowane.
In the Nguni settlements villages were widely scattered, whereas the Sotho - Tswana settled in towns.
There is a small minority of Nguni - speaking Basotho.
The Nguni - speaking Basotho are bona fide Lesotho citizens.
Their language derives originally from Bantu ; more recently from the Nguni subgroup.
Soshangane insisted that Nguni customs be adopted, and that the Tsonga learn the Zulu language.
It is consistent with the use of the alphabet ' u ' in all the Nguni languages.
In South Africa, the Nguni cattle are endangered.
The Nguni migrant who bought the ox… I got him to talk.
There were 2 broad waves of immigration to South Africa ; Nguni and Sotho-Tswana.
It is inspired by an Nguni word from South Africa, ubuntu.
Their language, Zulu, is a Bantu language ; more specifically, part of the Nguni subgroup.
Within the Nguni nations, the clan, based on male ancestry, formed the highest social unit.
AmaBhaca " allegedly originates from the Nguni word ukubhaca, meaning to flee.
Ubuntu is a Nguni Bantu term roughly translating to “ human kindness ”.
The Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, and Ndebele peoples are all members of the Nguni group.
In Nguni languages, ⟨ x ⟩ represents the alveolar lateral click.
In the 16th century, iron-working Nguni farmers entered the area from the north-east.
Oh! Hello . I just wanted you to know, this is a Nguni assegai.
Ubuntu ( Zulu pronunciation, ) is a Nguni Bantu term meaning " humanity.

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