Mang·be·tu | \ mäŋˈbe(ˌ)tü \
variants:
or less commonly Mangbattu \ -ba(- \ or Mangbettu \ -be(- \ or Mombuttoo \ mämˈbə(- \
plural Mangbetu or Mangbetus
Definition of Mangbetu
1a : a people dwelling about the headwaters of the Uele river in northern Zaire and sometimes regarded as a distinctive racial type
b : a member of such people
2 : a Central Sudanic language of the Mangbetu people
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