I-Southern African Ndebele ungumhleli Nguni isizwe bomdabu ukuze iNingizimu Afrika abakhuluma Southern Ndebele, okuyinto ehlukile ulimi Zimbabwean Ndebele. Yize babelana ngegama elifanayo, akufanele badidaniswe nabantu ( baseMzilikazi ) baseNdebele baseNyakatho baseZimbabwe banamuhla, abadabuka esizweni samaZulu, abahlangana nabo kuphela ngemuva kweMfecane.Abantu baseNdebele baseNyakatho bakhuluma ulimi lwesiNdebele.Umndeni wakwaMzilikazi wakwaKhumalo (kamuva owabizwa ngokuthi amaNdebele) unomlando ohlukile (bheka ulimi lwesiNdebele lwaseZimbabwe ) futhi ulimi lwabo lufana kakhulu nesiZulu nesiXhosa.AmaNdebele aseningizimu ikakhulukazi ahlala ezifundazweni zaseMpumalanga, eGauteng naseLimpopo, zonke ezisenyakatho-mpumalanga yezwe.