Mangbetu
noun
Mang·be·tu
\mäŋˈbe(ˌ)tü\
variants: less commonly
Mangbattu
\-ba(-\ orMangbettu
\-be(-\ orMombuttoo
\mämˈbə(-\Definition of Mangbetu
Mangbetu
orMangbetus
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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