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The dialect groups of Shona developed among dispersed tribes over a long period of time, and further groups of immigrants have contributed to this diversity. Although "standard" Shona is spoken throughout Zimbabwe, dialects help identify a speaker's town or village. Each Shona dialect is specific to a sub-group.
Shona (/ ˈ ʃ oʊ n ə /; [4] 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.
The Doma or vaDoma (singular muDoma), also known as Dema or Wadoma, [2] are a tribe living in the Kanyemba region in the north of Zimbabwe, especially in the Hurungwe and Chipuriro districts around the basins of Mwazamutanda River, a tributary of the Zambezi River Valley.
There are more than 100 distinct ethnic groups and tribes in Tanzania, not including ethnic groups that reside in Tanzania as refugees from conflicts in nearby countries. These ethnic groups are of Bantu origin, with large Nilotic-speaking , moderate indigenous, and small non-African minorities.
Manyika is in practice a dialect of Shona and is considered by all Zimbabweans to be Shona, though it is officially listed as a separate language. [3] It is spoken by the Manyika tribe of Zimbabwe's easternmost province, Manicaland, as well as in Mashonaland East Province. [19] In 2000, it had an estimated 861,000 speakers in Zimbabwe. [19]
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Nyatsimba Mutota was a member of the Karanga clan of the Shona tribe. [4] He was a representative of the ruling Mbire family. The Mbire had dominated the formation of the state ruled from Great Zimbabwe since its founding by his great-grandfather Mbire, after whom the family took its name. After losing a war with his kinsman Mukwati, he fled ...
Shona people, a Southern African people Shona language, a Bantu language spoken by Shona people today; Shona languages, a wider group of languages defined in the early 20th century; Kingdom of Zimbabwe, a Shona state in the 13th to 15th centuries; Shona may also refer to: Shona, 1994 album by New Zealand singer Shona Laing; Shona (given name)