Nguni people

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The Nguni people are a group of closely related Bantu-speaking ethnic communities of Southern Africa, including the Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, and Ndebele, known for their rich cultural traditions and historical kingdoms.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Nguni peoples 28
Nguni people canonical 3
Nguni 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu peoples ⓘ
Southern African people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Mfecane period of upheaval in the early 19th century ⓘ
colonialHistory experienced European colonization in Southern Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
culturalTrait age-set systems ⓘ
ancestor veneration ⓘ
beadwork arts ⓘ
bridewealth practices ⓘ
cattle herding traditions ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
praise poetry tradition ⓘ
stick fighting ⓘ
use of clan praises (izithakazelo) ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroupOf Ndebele people ⓘ
Swazi people ⓘ
Xhosa people ⓘ
Zulu people ⓘ
historicalKingdom Ndebele Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Matabele

Swazi Kingdom ⓘ
Xhosa polities ⓘ
Zulu Kingdom ⓘ
languageFamily Nguni languages ⓘ
linguisticFeature use of click consonants in several Nguni languages ⓘ
livelihood agriculture ⓘ
mixed farming ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
mainLanguage Northern Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Ndebele

Southern Ndebele language ⓘ
linked to: Southern Ndebele

Swazi language ⓘ
Xhosa language ⓘ
linked to: Xhosa

Zulu language ⓘ
linked to: Zulu
notablePractice circumcision rites among some groups ⓘ
lobola bridewealth system ⓘ
use of praise names and clan names ⓘ
region Eswatini ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religion ⓘ
socialOrganization chiefdoms and kingdoms ⓘ
patrilineal clans ⓘ
subgroupOf Bantu peoples ⓘ
traditionalEconomy cattle as a measure of wealth ⓘ
traditionalHousing homesteads organized around cattle enclosures ⓘ
traditionalMusic call-and-response singing ⓘ
drumming and dance ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zulu people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nguni people ⓘ
Thembu people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Bhaca polity → ethnoLinguisticAffiliation → Nguni ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Xhosa people → partOf → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Swazi people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Mthethwa Paramountcy → ethnicGroup → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Gaika dialect → usedBy → amaGqika subgroup of Xhosa ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Sotho-Tswana peoples → relatedEthnicGroup → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Bhaca people → culturalGroup → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Thembuland → associatedWith → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Thembu → partOf → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
amaGcaleka → partOf → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Bhaca → partOf → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Xesibe → partOf → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Mpondo → subgroupOf → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Gcaleka → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Zulu nation → predecessorGroup → Zulu clan ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Difaqane → involves → Ngwane people ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Lifaqane → involvesEthnicGroup → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Hlubi → subgroupOf → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Natal region → historicallyInhabitedBy → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Nguni–Tsonga cultural complex → includes → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
amaGqika → partOf → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Ronga people → historicalInteraction → Nguni groups ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Ngoni → subgroupOf → Nguni peoples ⓘ
subject linked to: Cingoni
linked to: Nguni people
Ngoni people → historicalOrigin → Nguni peoples ⓘ
subject linked to: Chingoni
linked to: Nguni people
Ngoni people → subgroupOf → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Zulu → partOf → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Swazi Kingdom → ethnicGroup → Nguni people ⓘ
Thembu kingdom → culturalGroup → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Gcaleka people → areSubgroupOf → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Queen of the Ndebele → ethnoCulturalContext → Nguni-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Swazi people → subgroupOf → Nguni peoples ⓘ
subject linked to: Swazi
linked to: Nguni people
Dlamin → ethnicAssociation → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
Mlangeni → usedByEthnicGroup → Nguni people ⓘ
AmaMfengu → partOf → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people
AmaGcaleka → ethnolinguisticGroup → Nguni peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nguni people