It is located along the border between Xhosa and Zulu, but is more closely related to Swazi.
The Nhlangwini/Ntlangwini people are the largest Nguni ethnic group in KZN South Coast, Bulwer, Mzimkhulu and in parts of the Eastern Cape areas such as Matatiele (kwaMzongwana and Makhoba) Tsolo, Tsomo, Ngqamakhwe, Willowvale (kuGatyana) and Keiskammahoek (kuQoboqobo).
The name of the language is derived from a word meaning reedbuck (cf.
What the hunters did when trying to kill it was to aim at the position of the heart, and then press the spear so hard that the heart was interfered with without the spear penetrating through the skin.
That is why Fodo was praised as: Umkhonto kawungeni ungena ngokucindetela.