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Of the two major ethnolinguistic categories, Shona speakers formed a decisive plurality at (80<)% and occupied the eastern two-thirds of Zimbabwe. [19] Ndebele speakers constitute about 16%, and none of the other indigenous ethnic groups came to as much as 2% in recent decades.
Tonga ethnic group (Zambia and Zimbabwe) (1 C, 2 P) Tsonga (2 C, 4 P) W. White Zimbabwean people (4 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Ethnic groups in Zimbabwe"
A country of roughly 16.6 million people as per 2024 census, [15] Zimbabwe's largest ethnic group are the Shona, who make up 80% of the population, followed by the Northern Ndebele and other smaller minorities. Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, [3] with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most common.
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.
Zimbabwe's largest ethnic group is Shona. History of Zimbabwe as a Nation This ... Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, [1] Chewa, Chibarwe, English, ...
The Nambya people are an ethnic group of about 100,000 people, based in the north-western parts of Zimbabwe and in the north-eastern parts of Botswana.They are found around the coal mining town of Hwange, surrounding areas of the Victoria Falls as well as in the north-eastern parts of Botswana namely, Pandamatenga, Chobe, Maremaoto, Gweta, Shorobe, Tsienyane, Zoroga, Chumo, Makalamabedi ...
The Tonga language of Zambia is spoken by about 1.38 million people in Zambia and 137,000 in Zimbabwe; it is an important lingua franca in parts of those countries and is spoken by members of other ethnic groups as well as the Tonga. [6] (The Malawian Tonga language is classified in a different zone of the Bantu languages.)
Related ethnic groups Afrikaners , white South Africans , white Zimbabweans Afrikaners in Zimbabwe are the descendants of Afrikaans speaking migrants to Zimbabwe, almost all of whom originated from the Cape Colony , Orange Free State and Transvaal in modern South Africa . [ 2 ]