Infobox Language family name Nguni region South Africa , Swaziland , Zimbabwe familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Southern Bantoid languages Southern Bantoid fam6 Bantu languages Bantu fam7 Southern Bantu child1 Zunda languages Zunda child2 Tekela languages Tekela The Ngunilanguages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa by the Nguni people . Ngunilanguages include Xhosa ... speakers of Ngunilanguages. clear columns col1 legend ffffcc < 1 km legend ffeda0 1 3 km legend ... Bantu languages Southern Bantu , the label Nguni is used both genetically in the linguistic sense ... imply . The Ngunilanguages are closely related, and in many instances different languages are mutually intelligible in this way, Ngunilanguages might better be construed as a dialect continuum ... languages Zunda Nguni and Tekela languages Tekela Nguni cf. Doke 1954, Ownby 1985 . This division is based ... a relatively straightforward division into these two substreams of Nguni. Zunda languages Zulu language ... Ngunilanguages subsequent to the massive political and social upheaval within southern Africa ... homosexuals who speak Germanic languages . IsiNgqumo is based on a Nguni lexicon. References Doke, Clement ... family.asp?subid 92325 Languages of South Africa DEFAULTSORT NguniLanguages Category Ngunilanguages Category Languages of South Africa af Nguni taalfamilie es Lenguas nguni fr Langues nguni zu IsiNguni ... Ndebele language Northern Ndebele . The appellation Nguni derives from the Nguni cattle type. Ngoni see below is an older, or a shifted, variant. It is sometimes argued that use of Nguni as a generic ... of the Bantu languages is relatively stable. Language classification double image right South Africa Nguni speakers proportion map.svg 220 South Africa Nguni speakers density map.svg 220 Proportion of the population that speaks an Nguni language at home. clear columns col1 legend eff3ff 0 20 legend ... more details
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Nguni people speak Ngunilanguages . History The ancient history of the Nguni people is wrapped up in their oral history. According to legend they were a people who migrated from Egypt to the Great Lakes region of sub equatorial Central East Africa. ref http alfred.med.yale.edu alfred recordinfo.asp?condition populations.pop uid 27PO000108J ref They migrated southwards over many centuries, with large herds of Nguni cattle , probably entering what is now South Africa around 2000 years ago in sporadic settlement, followed by larger waves of migration around 1400 AD. Nguni peoples are pastoralist groups, ethnically part of the greater Bantu peoples Bantu group occupying much of the East and Southern ... of the Dlamini clan. Dlamini is a very common clan name among all documented Ngunilanguages including ... Ngoni publisher Joshua Project accessdate 2009 10 10 ref Malawi colspan 4 Total Ngunilanguages formatnum 26801000 ref name cluster Notes references group n Ngoni people who are nguni by ethinicity ... men from different villages bonded with each other. The Nguni tribes kept similar political practises to those used by Shaka Zulu. During the southern African migrations known as mfecane , the Nguni ... other peoples. Social organisation Within the Nguni nations, the clan based on male ancestry formed ... his clan together. From about 1800 , the rise of the Zulu clan of the Nguni and the consequent mfecane ... in the early nineteenth century by different Nguni groups allying with the Dlamini clan against the threat of external attack. Today the kingdom encompasses many different clans who speak an Nguni ... peoples are Nguni ref name cluster Cite web url http www.joshuaproject.net people clusters.php?rop2 C0270 title Bantu, Nguni people cluster publisher Joshua Project accessdate 2009 10 09 ref class ... Mpezeni , Mozambique and Tanzania . In Malawi and Zambia , they speak a mixture of languages of the people ... references DEFAULTSORT Nguni People Category Bantu Africa ethno group stub de Nguni pl Nguni ... more details
Image Nguni cattle.jpg right 300px thumb Nguni Cow Herd Makatini ecotype The Nguni list of cattle breeds cattle breed is indigenous to southern Africa . A hybrid of indigenous and Indian cattle they were introduced by the Bantu tribes of southern Africa from the north of the continent. They are medium sized, adapted to grazing on the Highveld . Characteristics Nguni cattle are known by their fertility and resistance to diseases, ref http www.idc.co.za NGUNI 20project.asp The Nguni Cattle Project ref being the favourite breed amongst the indigenous Bantu people of Southern Africa South Africa , Swaziland , Namibia , Zimbabwe , Botswana and Angola . They are characterised by the multicoloured skin, which can present many different patterns, but their noses are always black tipped. They are a principal form of Sanga cattle , which originated as hybrids of Zebu and humpless cattle in East Africa. Protein analyses have shown that they are a combination of Zebu Bos indicus and Bos taurus , the European and indigenous African species. ref http www.embryoplus.com cattle nguni.html Nguni Cattle at Embryoplus ref They are characterized by low cervico thoracic humps, in front of the front legs, instead of the high thoracic humps of pure Zebu. Besides the various colour patterns, these animals ... by a South African herdmaster. This work inspired the Nguni Cattle Register , a compilation of terms to describe in full a Nguni cow or bull. The cattle are medium sized, with bulls weighing between 500 kg and 600 kg, ref http www.nguni.info nguni facts.htm Nguni Facts at www.nguni.info ref while cows weigh between 300 kg and 400 kg. Origins The ancestors of Nguni cattle ... control of the Nguni herds on his dominions. Shaka also bred the Ngunis according to colour patterns ... . References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Nguni Cattle Category Cattle breeds Category Animal breeds originating in South Africa cattle stub fr Nguni race bovine sv Nguni boskap ... more details
Sylvester Nguni is the Zimbabwe an Minister of state Minor government ranks Minister of State Minister of State in the Vice President s Office Zimbabwe in the office of Vice President Joyce Mujuru . ref name 5state cite news title Mugabe swears in 19 deputy ministers, 5 Ministers of State date 20 Feb 2009 publisher NewZimbabwe.com url http www.newzimbabwe.com pages minister23.19417.html accessdate 2009 02 20 ref He is the Member of parliament Member of House of Assembly of Zimbabwe House of Assembly for Mhondoro Mubaira ZANU PF . References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Nguni, Sylvester Category Government of Zimbabwe Category Members of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe Category Living people Zimbabwe politician stub ... more details
One source date February 2010 Infobox martial art image imagecaption name Nguni Stick Fighting aka Zulu Stick Fighting focus Weapon ry country South Africa olympic No creator Various parenthood famous pract Shaka Shaka Zulu Nguni stick fighting also known as donga , or dlala nduku , which literally translates as playing sticks is a martial arts martial art traditionally practiced by teenage Nguni herdboys in South Africa . Each combatant is armed with two long sticks, one of which is used for defense and the other for offense. Little armor is used. Although Nguni Xhosa styles of fighting may use only two sticks, variations of Bantu Nguni stick fighting throughout Southern Africa incorporate shields as part of the stick fighting weaponry. Zulu stick fighting uses an Isiquili or attacking stick, an Uboko or defending stick and an izoliHauw or defending shield. The object is for two opposing warriors to fight each other to establish which of them is the strongest or the Bull Inkunzi . In modern times this usually occurs as part of the wedding ceremony where warriors from the bridegroom s household and area welcome warriors from the bride s household and area to meet to get to know each other , other groups of warriors may also be welcome to join in. Warriors do this by engaging in combat with one another. An induna or War Captain Referee from each group of warriors keeps his crew in check and keeps order between fighters. This tradition is one which arguably developed in societies, cultures and civilisations that used herding as part of their systems of survival, where there are cows ... of the kings of old. Nelson Mandela practiced Nguni stick fighting as a child, Citation needed date ... A Socio Historical Overview, http ejmas.com jalt jaltart Coetzee 0902.htm DEFAULTSORT Nguni Stick Fighting Category Stick fighting Category African martial arts martialart stub da Nguni stokkekamp fr Lutte Nguni ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Language family name Are region Eastern New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 Papuan Tip languages Papuan Tip fam6 Kilivila Nuclear Papuan Tip fam7 Are Taupota languages Are Taupota The family of Are languages is a subgroup of the Are Taupota languages . It consists of 7 language s. Components Are language Are Arifama Miniafia language Arifama Miniafia Doga language Doga Gapapaiwa language Gapapaiwa Ghayavi language Ghayavi Kaninuwa language Kaninuwa Ubir language Ubir DEFAULTSORT Are Languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Category Nuclear Papuan Tip languages Au lang stub PapuaNewGuinea stub hr Are jezici ... more details
The Zunda languages are a group of related languages that, along with Tekela languages , are a subdivision of the NgunilanguagesNguni branch belonging to the larger Bantu languages Bantu family . Zunda languages include Zulu language Zulu 10 million Xhosa language Xhosa 8 million Northern Ndebele language Northern Ndebele or Zimbabwean Ndebele 1,6 million nc lang stub Category Languages of South Africa Category Southern Bantu languagesNgunilanguages Zunda languages ... more details
The Tekela languages are a group of related languages that, along with Zunda languages , are a subdivision of the NgunilanguagesNguni branch belonging to the larger Bantu languages Bantu family . Tekela languages include Swazi language Swazi 3 million Phuthi language Phuthi ref Donnelly 2007 Chapter 1 2007 1 61 addresses linguistic properties of Nguni. ref 20,000 Bhaca language Bhaca ref See Archibald Campbell Jordan Jordan 1942. ref , Hlubi language Hlubi , Cele language Cele and Lala language Lala . Reflist nc lang stub Category Languages of South Africa Category Southern Bantu languagesNgunilanguages Tekela languages ... more details
lesotho Lesotho at Ethnologue . Retrieved 3 October 2010. ref Phuthi language Phuthi , a NgunilanguagesNguni language closely related to Swazi language Swazi , an official language of South Africa and Swaziland ...Languages of country Lesotho image image size caption official Sotho language Sotho and English language ... in South Africa , is home to several languages , including English language English , Phuthi language ..., belong to the Niger Congo languages Niger Congo language family . ref name Encyclop dia Britannica ... EBchecked topic 337126 Lesotho accessdate 3 October 2010 year 2010 ref National and official languages ... language Sotho Sesotho or Southern Sotho , a Southern Bantu languages Southern Bantu language, is the national ... Languages Bill, ratified by the National Assembly of Lesotho on 12 September 1966, which also established ... Network format PDF accessdate 6 October 2010 ref quote text The official languages of Lesotho shall ... that it is expressed or conducted in one of those languages. source The Constitution of Lesotho, 1993 ... 1998 361 Minority and immigrant languages A minority of Basotho, estimated to number 248,000 as of 1993 lc on , speak Zulu language Zulu , one of the eleven official languages of South Africa . ref ... language Xhosa , another Nguni language and official language of South Africa, is spoken by 18,000 ... and Namibia , is an immigrant language . ref name Ethnologue 16th ed Lesotho See also Languages of South Africa Languages of Swaziland Notes Footnotes reflist group note Citations reflist colwidth ... isbn 978 1 85359 362 8 cite book last Dalby first Andrew authorlink Andrew Dalby title Dictionary of Languages The Definitive Reference to More Than 400 Languages year 2004 origyear 1998 publisher Columbia ... last Lewis editor first M. Paul title Ethnologue Ethnologue Languages of the World url http www.ethnologue.com ... appearance. Please do not remove. Thank you. Languages of Lesotho Lesotho topics Africa topic Languages of Category Languages of Lesotho bn fr Langues du Lesotho ... more details
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Africa the Ngunilanguages Xhosa language Xhosa , Zulu language Zulu , Swazi language Swazi ... Khoisan family Khoisan term of convenience child1 Khoe languages Kwadi Khoe child2 Kx a languages Kx a child3 Tuu languages Tuu child4 Sandawe language Sandawe child5 Hadza language Hadza iso2 ... languages yellow The Khoisan languages also known as the Khoesan or Khoesaan languages are the click languages of Africa which do not belong to other language families . They include languages indigenous to southern and eastern Africa , though some, such as the Khoi languages , appear to have moved ... Hadza . Prior to the Bantu expansion, it is likely that Khoisan languages, or languages like them ... structure , Africa Journal of the International African Institute 58 1 , 29 50. ref Most of the languages are endangered languages endangered , and several are moribund language moribund or extinct languages ... in number with about 40,000, some monolingual and the Juu languages Juu language cluster of the northern Kalahari is spoken by some 30,000 people. Khoisan languages are best known for their use of click ... vowels and four tones. The Taa language X and H language H languages are similarly complex. Grammatically, the southern Khoisan languages are generally fairly isolating language isolating , with word ..., the languages of Tanzania have large numbers of inflectional suffixes. Validity Khoisan was proposed as one of the four families of Languages of Africa African languages in Joseph Greenberg Greenberg s classification 1949 1954, revised in 1963 . However, few linguists who now study Khoisan languages ... implication of linguistic validity, much as Papuan languages Papuan and Australian languages Australian ... K nig eds. , Khoisan languages and linguistics the Riezlern symposium 2003. Quellen zur Khoisan ... working on these languages treat the three southern groups as independent language families that cannot ... method standard comparative method . See Khoe languages for speculations on the linguistic ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Language family name Bel region Northern New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 North New Guinea languages North New Guinea ? fam6 Ngero Vitiaz languages Ngero Vitiaz The eight Bel languages form a group of Austronesian languages of northern Papua New Guinea . Components Astrolabe languages Nuclear Bel languages DEFAULTSORT Bel Languages Category Western Oceanic languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Au lang stub ... more details
Finnic languages usually means the Baltic Finnic languages , but may also refer to some other groupings of Uralic languages Finno Permic languages Finno Volgaic languages Volga Finnic languages only a geographic category Baltic Finnic languages See also Uralic languages Classification of languages disambig ar ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Awan languages are Barbacoan languages that include the Awa Pit language and the Pasto languages spoken in Ecuador and Colombia . Pasto is extinct. DEFAULTSORT Awan Languages Category Awan languages Category Languages of Ecuador Category Barbacoan languages Category Endangered indigenous languages of the Americas Na lang stub mk ... more details
Infobox Language family name Nyima region Sudan familycolor Nilo Saharan fam2 Eastern Sudanic languages Eastern Sudanic fam3 Astaboran languages Astaboran The Nyima languages are a pair of languages of Sudan spoken by the Nyimang that are part of the Eastern Sudanic languages Eastern Sudanic family of Nilo Saharan languages . The languages are Ama language Ama Nyimang and Dinik language Dinik Afitti . ns lang stub Category Eastern Sudanic languages br Yezho tamek mk ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Many languages are indigenous to Oceania they belong to several families. The Austronesian languages Austronesian family is the most common, found throughout many Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Australia is home to many diverse families of Languages of Australia indigenous languages Pama Nyungan languages Gunwinyguan languages Macro Pama Nyungan languages Southwest Pama Nyungan languages Bunaban languages 2 languages in two branches Daly languages 11 19 languages in four branches, including Murrinh Patha language Murrinh Patha Limilngan languages 2 languages, extinct? Djeragan languages 3 5 languages in two branches Nyulnyulan languages 4 8 languages in one branch Wororan languages 7 12 languages in three branches Indo Pacific languages Andaman languagesLanguages of Papua New Guinea Tasmanian languages Also, the languages of European settlers and colonial powers are common in the region, such as English in Australia and New Zealand , Spanish language Spanish in Easter Island , and French in New Caledonia , etc. There are also creole language creoles formed from the interaction of the European and indigenous languages, such as Tok Pisin , Hawaiian Pidgin , Norfuk and Pitkern . See also List of extinct languages of Oceania Template group list Languages of Oceania Countries and languages lists DEFAULTSORT Languages Of Oceania Category Languages of Oceania Au lang stub bn ru ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Language family name Kairiru region Northern New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 Schouten languages Schouten fam6 Kairiru Manam languages Kairiru Manam The three Kairiru languages form a group of Austronesian languages in northern Papua New Guinea . They are Kaiep language Kaiep , Kairiru language Kairiru , and Terebu language Terebu . DEFAULTSORT Kairiru Languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Category Western Oceanic languages PapuaNewGuinea stub Au lang stub ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 Infobox Language family name Mengen region Northern New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 North New Guinea languages North New Guinea ? fam6 Ngero Vitiaz languages Ngero Vitiaz fam7 ? The three Mengen languages form a group of Austronesian languages of northern Papua New Guinea . Components Lote language Lote Mamusi language Mamusi Mengen language Mengen DEFAULTSORT Mengen Languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea Category Western Oceanic languages Au lang stub ... more details
Infobox Language family name Hote region Northern New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 North New Guinea languages North New Guinea ? fam6 Ngero Vitiaz languages Ngero Vitiaz ? fam7 Huon Gulf languages Huon Gulf fam8 South Huon Gulf languages South Huon Gulf fam9 Hote Buang languages Hote Buang The two Hote languages of the Huon Gulf area, Papua New Guinea , form a group of Hote Buang languages . Components Hote language Hote Yamap language Yamap External links http www.ethnologue.org show family.asp?subid 91715 Ethnologue report for Hote languages Category Western Oceanic languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea au lang stub ... more details
Infobox Language family name Mumeng region Northern New Guinea familycolor Austronesian fam2 Malayo Polynesian languages Malayo Polynesian fam3 Oceanic languages Oceanic fam4 Western Oceanic languages Western Oceanic fam5 North New Guinea languages North New Guinea fam6 Huon Gulf languages Huon Gulf fam7 South Huon Gulf languages South Huon Gulf fam8 Hote Buang languages Hote Buang fam9 Buang languages Buang The five Mumeng languages of the Huon Gulf area, Papua New Guinea , form a group of Buang languages . Components Dambi language Dambi Gorakor language Gorakor Kumalu language Kumalu Patep language Patep Zenag language Zenag External links http www.ethnologue.org show family.asp?subid 91648 Ethnologue report for Mumeng languages Category Western Oceanic languages Category Languages of Papua New Guinea au lang stub ... more details
Infobox Language family name Mandara altname Mandara proper region Cameroon , Nigeria familycolor Afro Asiatic fam1 Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic fam2 Chadic languages Chadic fam3 Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara fam4 Biu Mandara A languages A fam5 Mandara Lamang languages Mandara Lamang child1 Mandara language Mandara child2 Parkwa language Parkwa child3 Glavda languages Glavda group The Mandara languages belong to the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic family and are spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria . ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref Notes Reflist References http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 90828 Ethnologue entry for Mandara languages Category Biu Mandara languages Category Languages of Cameroon Category Languages of Nigeria Cameroon stub Nigeria stub BiuMandara lang stub ... more details
Infobox Language family name Glavda region Nigeria familycolor Afro Asiatic fam1 Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic fam2 Chadic languages Chadic fam3 Biu Mandara languages Biu Mandara fam4 Biu Mandara A languages A fam5 Mandara Lamang languages Mandara Lamang fam6 Mandara languages Mandara The Glavda languages belong to the Afro Asiatic languages Afro Asiatic family and are spoken in Nigeria . ref Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue Languages of the World . 15th edition. Dallas Summer Institute of Linguistics. ref Th languages are Glavda language Glavda , Cineni language Cineni , Dghwede language Dghwede , Guduf Gava language Guduf Gava , and Gvoko language Gvoko . Notes Reflist References http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 90829 Ethnologue entry for Glavda languages Category Biu Mandara languages Category Languages of Nigeria BiuMandara lang stub Nigeria stub ... more details
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