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Shona is a Bantu language spoken by roughly 87% of Zimbabweans and is one of Zimbabwe's official languages. [3] [4] [5] It is the traditional language of Zimbabwe's Shona people, who live in Zimbabwe's central and eastern provinces.
Zimbabwean English (ZimE; en-ZIM; en-ZW) is a regional variety of English found in Zimbabwe.While the majority of Zimbabweans speak Shona (75%) and Ndebele (18%) as a first language, standard English is the primary language used in education, government, commerce and media in Zimbabwe, giving it an important role in society. [2]
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.
Nambya, or Nanzwa/Nanzva, is a Bantu language spoken by the Nambya people.It is spoken in northwestern Zimbabwe, particularly in the town of Hwange, [2] [3] with a few speakers in northeastern Botswana.
Pages in category "Languages of Zimbabwe" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
isiNdebele dictionary, 1910. Northern Ndebele (English: / ə n d ə ˈ b eɪ l eɪ /), also called Ndebele, isiNdebele saseNyakatho, [citation needed] Zimbabwean Ndebele, [2] [4] Sindebele or North Ndebele, [5] [6] associated with the term Matabele, is a Bantu language spoken by the Northern Ndebele people which belongs to the Nguni group of languages.
Several Zimbabwean sign languages developed independently among deaf students in different Zimbabwean schools for the deaf starting in the 1940s. It is not clear how many languages they are, as little research has been done; Masvingo School Sign is known to be different from that of other schools, [2] but each school apparently has a separate sign language, and these are different from the ...
Kalanga [pronunciation?], or TjiKalanga (in Zimbabwe), is a Bantu language spoken by the Kalanga people in Botswana and Zimbabwe.It has an extensive phoneme inventory, which includes palatalised, velarised, aspirated and breathy-voiced consonants, [3] as well as whistled sibilants.