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Mangbetu

noun
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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