Nguni

[ uhng-goo-nee ]

noun

, plural Ngu·nis, (especially collectively) Ngu·ni

1. a member of a group of culturally and linguistically related peoples of southern and eastern Africa, including the Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, and Swazi.
2. the group of Bantu languages spoken by these peoples, sometimes considered dialects of a single language.

Nguni

/ əŋˈɡuːnɪ /

noun

1. a group of Bantu languages of southern Africa, consisting chiefly of Zulu, Xhosa, and Swazi

Example Sentences

There is a word in the Nguni languages of Southern Africa that was, I think, George's lodestar.

From BBC

The commune forms under the name House of Ubuntu, a Nguni Bantu term designating the universal boundedness of humanity, and succinctly names its shared goals as the preservation and self-care of Black people.

From Los Angeles Times

The fund’s name comes from the Nguni word for “power and strength,” a popular rallying cry against apartheid in South Africa, according to the Community Foundation’s website.

From Washington Times

Nguni denied that the campaign was only targeting enemies ofMnangagwa, the former spy chief and vice-president who took power after a military takeover in November.

From The Guardian

The southern African country’s anti-corruption commissioner in charge of investigations, Goodson Nguni, says lecturers in the sociology department asked for the probe after failing to find any record of Grace Mugabe as a student.

From Seattle Times