Sindebele language
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- This article relates to the Ndebele language spoken by the Ndebele or Matabele people of Zimbabwe. for information about the Ndebele languages spoken in the Transvaal region of South Africa, please see Ndebele language.
The Ndebele language, or isiNdebele, or Sindebele, is an African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the Ndebele or Matabele people of Zimbabwe. It is commonly known as Sindebele.
Sindebele is very closely related to the Zulu language spoken in South Africa. This is because the Ndebele people of Zimbabwe descend from followers of the Zulu leader Mzilikazi, who left kwaZulu in the early nineteenth century.
