Shona language
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Name (Hebrew)
שפת שונה
Name (Latin)
Shona language
Name (Arabic)
لغة الشونا
Other forms of name
China language (Africa)
Chishona language
Swina language
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Bantu languages
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Mozambique
Zambia
Zimbabwe
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q34004
Library of congress:
sh 85121756
Sources of Information
- Ethnologue:p. 311, under Mozambique (Shona, var. Swina, Chishona. Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Broad Bantu, Narrow Bantu, Central, S, Shona) p. 437, under Zambia (Shona, var. Chishona) p. 439, under Zimbabwe (Shona, var. Swina, Chishona; Swina is pejorative term; Zezuru listed as dialect)
- Ruhlen world lang.:pp. 95, 286, 315 (Shona Subgroup, under Niger-Congo langs.; members: Shona, Zezeru, Manyika, Karanga, Ndau, Kalanga)
- Fivaz and Scott. African langs., 1977:pp. 65-66 (Shona Group)
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Wikipedia description:
Shona (; Shona: chiShona) is a Bantu language of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. The term is variously used to collectively describe all the Central Shonic varieties (comprising Zezuru, Manyika, Korekore and Karanga or Ndau) or specifically Standard Shona, a variety codified in the mid-20th century. Using the broader term, the language is spoken by over 20 million people. The larger group of historically related languages—called Shona or Shonic languages by linguists—also includes Ndau (Eastern Shona) and Kalanga (Western Shona). In Guthrie's classification of Bantu languages, zone S.10 designates the Shonic group.
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