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Tebele|təˈbiːliː|
Also Tabele.
[Native name.]
A Niger-Congo language belonging to the South Eastern Bantu group. Cf. Ndebele.
1883R. N. Cust Mod. Lang. Africa II. xii. 300 Travellers write about..the Language of the Ma-tabéle, but there is reason to believe that it is Zulu... Syke, of the London Missionary Society, prepared School Books..: this gives the idea that Tabéle is a separate Language. 1897W. A. Elliott Dict. Tebele & Shuna Lang. p. v, The Tebele language is of course only a variety of the Zulu. Ibid. p. vi, Different types have been used for the two languages, clarendon for the Tebele, and small capitals for the Shuna. 1919[see Matabele 1]. 1977C. F. & F. M. Voegelin Classification & Index World's Lang. 70 Ndebele = Tabele = Tebele. |