• Shona (/ˈʃoʊnə/; Shona: chiShona) is a Bantu language of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. The term is variously used to collectively describe all the Central...
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  • Nurse & Philippson (2003), the languages form a valid node. They are: Shona Eastern Shona group Ndau (S.15) Central Shona group Korekore (S.11) and Tawara...
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  • Look up Shona in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shona often refers to: Shona people, a Southern African people Shona language, a Bantu language spoken...
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    Shona language/dialect clusters: Manyika, Karanga, Zezuru, Korekore, and Ndau. The Shona people are grouped according to the dialect of the language they...
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  • Shona music is the music of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. There are several different types of traditional Shona music including mbira, singing, hosho...
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  • The months in Shona are named after relevant events to the Shona. Things involving spiritual activities and agriculture, as well animals and fruits serve...
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  • Ndau dialect (redirect from Ndau language)
    Bantu language spoken by 1,400,000[contradictory] people. Ndau is a Shona language and it is mutually intelligible with other Shona languages such as...
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  • region of Zimbabwe) as the western branch of the Shona group (or Shonic, or Shona-Nyai) group of languages, collectively coded as S.10. Kalanga has a dialectal...
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    Africa and Zimbabwe), and Shona with less than 10 million speakers (if Manyika and Ndau are included), while Sotho-Tswana languages (Sotho, Tswana and Pedi)...
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    Zimbabwe (category Articles containing Shona-language text)
    the Shona, who make up 80% of the population, followed by the Northern Ndebele and other smaller minorities. Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with...
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    Vadoma (section Language)
    typical globally. The vaDoma speak the Dema language, which is closely related to the dominant Shona language of Zimbabwe and largely comprehensible to...
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    Arthur Ferguson (30 April 1974 – 30 July 2021), professionally known as Shona Ferguson, was a Motswana actor based in South Africa, executive producer...
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    National Anthem of Zimbabwe (category Articles containing Shona-language text)
    Zimbabwe has 16 national languages, the lyrics of the original Shona song were translated into the other 15 national languages as part of the 2013 constitutional...
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    Ugali (category Articles containing Shona-language text)
    – known as imibhida in the Ndebele language, muriwo in the Shona language Sugar Beans – known as nyemba in Shona Cabbage Derere Derere – okra Cleome...
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  • Manyika is a Shona language largely spoken by the Manyika tribe in the eastern part of Zimbabwe and across the border in Mozambique. It includes dialects...
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    Music (category Articles containing Shona-language text)
    traditions. This is not the case worldwide, and languages such as modern Indonesian (musik) and Shona (musakazo) have recently adopted words to reflect...
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    the third most spoken language in the country, however, being recognized as a Western Shona branch of the Shona group of languages. It is likewise used...
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  • 42 (number) (category Articles containing Shona-language text)
    द्विचत्वारिंशत्, ४२ (dvicatvāriṃśat) Serbian четрдесет два (četrdeset dva) Shona Makumi mana nemaviri Sinhala හතලිස් දෙක (hathalis deka) Slovene dvainštirideset...
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    Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa. The country's main languages are Shona, spoken by over 70% of the...
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    Thandiwe Newton (category Shona people)
    Xhosa languages. [...] This article was amended on 5 April 2021 to remove an incorrect phrase saying 'Thandiwe means "beloved" in the Shona language'. Hards...
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  • Sikelel' iAfrika" into Zimbabwe's native Shona and Ndebele languages. The song was first translated into Shona in the early 20th century and was initially...
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    followers as Mutumwa, which translates to "angelic messenger" in the Shona language. He is the founder and leader of the African Apostolic Church. Mwazha...
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    western Mozambique, who speak a distinct language called ChiManyika in Shona (one of the dialect of the Shona language). Manicaland is bordered by Mashonaland...
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  • other Shona groups, the Ndau language and customs evolved . The intermarriage with the conquering Ngunis added a Nguni flavour to the language and culture...
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    Rhodesia (category Articles containing Shona-language text)
    Rhodesia (/roʊˈdiːʒə/ roh-DEE-zhə, /roʊˈdiːʃə/ roh-DEE-shə; Shona: Rodizha), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state...
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    Rhodesian Bush War (category Articles containing Shona-language text)
    from large sections of the black population (in particular from the Shona language group which made up the overwhelming majority of the country's population)...
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    Collard (plant) (category Articles containing Shona-language text)
    Zimbabwe, collard greens are known as umbhida in Ndebele and muriwo in Shona. Due to the climate, the plant thrives under almost all conditions, with...
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    List of genocides (category Articles containing Shona-language text)
    A. Dirk (2021). The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316217306., pp....
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  • Tendayi (category Articles containing Shona-language text)
    Tendayi, also spelled Tendai, and its long form Tendayishe or Tendaishe, is a Shona given name from the phrase Kupa kutenda, meaning 'give thanks to God', that...
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  • Mukarakate (category Shona-language surnames)
    Mashonaland East province of Zimbabwe. It is almost entirely inhabited by Shona-speaking people (specific dialect: Zezuru). The traditional rulers of the...
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