Shona

Shona is a member of the family of Bantu languages. It is widely spoken in Zimbabwe and Zambia. Shona is primarily a written language. Urban populations tend to speak school or standard Shona whereas English is used with Europeans, and to Africans who don't understand nearby languages.

Map of Shona language speakers.

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Basic stats

Total speakers: 7 million

Main Countries: Zimbabwe, Botswana, Mozambique, Zambia

Alternate names: "Swina", Chishona

ISO 639-3 Code: sna

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Language Sample

Vanhu vese vanoberekwa vakasununguka uyewo vakaenzana pahunhu nekodzero dzavo. Vanhu vese vanechipo chokufunga nekuziva chakaipa nechakanaka saka vanofanira kubatana nomweya wohusahwira.

(Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1)

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Product Availability

The following products are currently available in Shona:

For Consumers

(Coming soon)

For Manufacturers

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Sources

Shona at Wikipedia
Shona at Ethnologue
Declaration of Humar Rights in Shona
Wikipedia in Shona

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