NDEBELE LANGUAGE

There are at least two languages commonly called 'Ndebele':

★ The 'Northern Ndebele language', a Nguni language spoken in Zimbabwe

★ The 'Southern Ndebele language', a Nguni language spoken in South Africa, in two distinct varieties (the smaller, non-official variety of which is heavily influenced by surrounding Sotho-Tswana languages).
Ndebele is related to Zulu spoken in South Africa. When Mlilikazi fled from what is now South Africa northward into present-day Zimbabwe they took the Zulu language with them. Over time it developed into Ndebele.
Ndebele has several unusual sounds. There are three clicks:
c - sounds like the "tsk" noise made when pulling your tongue away from your front teeth
q - a clucking noise made by pulling your tongue away from the roof of your mouth
x - the sound we might use to call a dog; made on the side of your mouth
Other interesting sounds include:
hl - form your mouth to say an "l" but say an "h" instead