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== Nguni ==
 

The appellation "Nguni" derives from the Nguni cattle type and is sometimes also written '''isiNguni'''. It is the collective name for a family of mutually intelligible languages spoken by about a third of the South African population. 

Nguni languages are mostly spoken by '''Nguni people''', which are a group of clans and nations living in south-east Africa - hence the term is also applied to the people as a group name. 

The languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa including Zulu, Xhosa, Swati, Hlubi, Phuthi and Ndebele (both Southern Transvaal Ndebele and Northern Ndebele).


== Zulu ==




== Xhosa ==




== Swati ==





== Ndebele ==




 

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