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Shona  

Definition

  • Shona 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 specifically Standard Shona, a variety codified in the mid-20th century. Using the broader term, the language is spoken by over 14 000 000 people. The larger group of historically related languages – called Shona or Shonic languages – also includes Ndau (Eastern Shona) spoken in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique, and Kalanga (Western Shona) spoken in Botswana and Zimbabwe.

Identifier

  • SNA

Notation

  • sn
  • sna

In other languages

  • език шона

    Bulgarian

  • šona

    Croatian

  • šonština

    Czech

  • shona

    Danish

  • Shona

    Dutch

  • šona

    Estonian

  • shona

    Finnish

  • shona

    French

  • Shona

    German

  • σόνα

    Greek

  • sona

    Hungarian

  • Seoinis

    Irish

  • shona

    Italian

  • šona

    Latvian

  • šonų

    Lithuanian

  • Xona

    Maltese

  • szona

    Polish

  • xona

    Portuguese

  • shona

    Romanian

  • chiShona

    Shona

  • šončina

    Slovak

  • šonščina

    Slovenian

  • shona

    Spanish

  • shona

    Swedish

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SNA

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