Ngoni

ŋɡɔni

Definition

Definition of Ngoni - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

ethnie africaine

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peuple bantou vivant principalement au Malawi, en Zambie et Tanzanie

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Les Ngonis ont une riche tradition orale transmise de génération en génération.

langue africaine

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langue bantoue parlée par le peuple ngoni en Afrique australe

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Il apprend le ngoni pour communiquer avec sa belle-famille malawite.

instrument musical

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instrument de musique traditionnel africain ressemblant à une harpe ou luth

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Le musicien joue du ngoni lors des cérémonies traditionnelles du village.

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Origin of Ngoni

mandingue, ngoni (instrument de musique) — mot d'origine africaine occidentale

Examples of Ngoni in a sentence

Les Ngoni préservent leurs chants traditionnels malgré la modernisation.
Le linguiste étudie le ngoni et d'autres langues bantoues.
Un dictionnaire ngoni-français vient d'être publié.
Le vieux maître accorda soigneusement son ngoni avant le concert.
Un jeune luthier s’est spécialisé dans la fabrication de ngoni.

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English:Ngoni, ngoni, ...
German:Ngoni, ...
Italian:Ngoni, ngoni, ...
Spanish:ngoni, instrumento ngoni, ...
Portuguese:Ngoni, ngoni, ...
Chinese:恩戈尼族, 恩戈尼语, ...
Japanese:ンゴニ族, ンゴニ語, ...
Arabic:نْغوني, نْغُونِي, ...
Hebrew:נְגוֹנִי, שָׂפַת הַנְגוֹנִי, ...
Russian:нгони, африканская арфа, ...
Ukrainian:нґоні, нгоні, ...
Catalan:Ngoni, ngoni, ...
Danish:Ngoni, ngoni, ...
Dutch:Ngoni, ngoni, ...
Greek:Νγκόνι, νγκόνι, ...
Hungarian:ngoni, afrikai hagyományos pengetős hangszer, ...
Khmer:ង្គូនី, ឧបករណ៍តន្ត្រីប្រពៃណីអាហ្វ្រិកស្រដៀងពិណឬលូត, ...
Korean:응고니족, 응고니어, ...
Polish:Ngoni, ngoni, ...
Portuguese (BR):Ngoni, ngoni, ...
Romanian:Ngoni, ngoni, ...
Swedish:Ngoni, ngoni, ...
Thai:ชาวงอนี, งโกนี, ...
Turkish:Ngoni, ngoni, ...
Vietnamese:Ngoni, tiếng Ngoni, ...

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Definition of Ngoni - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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