Shona

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Shona is a major Bantu language of Zimbabwe, widely spoken by the Shona people and used in education, media, and government.

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Generate an image of Shona (Shona is a major Bantu language of Zimbabwe, widely spoken by the Shona people and used in education, media, and government.)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Xhosa ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
geneticAffinity Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
hasAlternativeName ChiShona ⓘ
linked to: Shona
hasDialects Karanga ⓘ
Korekore ⓘ
Manyika ⓘ
Ndau ⓘ
Zezuru ⓘ
hasGrammarFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
subject–verb–object word order ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
linked to: Portuguese language
hasPhonologicalFeature five-vowel system ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
hasStandardVariety Zezuru-based standard Shona ⓘ
ISO639-1Code sn ⓘ
ISO639-2Code sna ⓘ
ISO639-3Code sna ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
officialStatus national language of Zimbabwe ⓘ
primaryEthnicGroup Shona people ⓘ
linked to: Shona
region Southern Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Botswana ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
standardizedIn 20th century ⓘ
subfamily Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
taughtAt some universities outside Zimbabwe ⓘ
universities in Zimbabwe ⓘ
usedFor literature ⓘ
primary school instruction in Zimbabwe ⓘ
radio broadcasting ⓘ
religious services ⓘ
television broadcasting ⓘ
usedIn education in Zimbabwe ⓘ
government communication in Zimbabwe ⓘ
media in Zimbabwe ⓘ
music and popular culture in Zimbabwe ⓘ
online media in Zimbabwe ⓘ
print newspapers in Zimbabwe ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

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Sekai Holland → ethnicGroup → Shona people ⓘ
linked to: Shona
Mutare → languageUsed → Shona ⓘ
Gweru → languageMajority → Shona ⓘ
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Shona languages ⓘ
linked to: Shona
Shona → primaryEthnicGroup → Shona people ⓘ
linked to: Shona
Shona → hasAlternativeName → ChiShona ⓘ
linked to: Shona
Torwa dynasty → ethnicGroup → Shona people ⓘ
linked to: Shona
Great Zimbabwe → culture → Shona ⓘ
Great Zimbabwe → languageOfRulingElite → Shona language ⓘ
linked to: Shona
Great Zimbabwe → associatedEthnicGroup → Shona people ⓘ
linked to: Shona
Highfield → languageUsed → Shona ⓘ
Borrowdale → language → Shona ⓘ
Mashonaland → historicalInhabitant → Shona people ⓘ
subject linked to: Mashonaland region
linked to: Shona
Mashonaland → dominantEthnicGroup → Shona people ⓘ
subject linked to: Mashonaland region
linked to: Shona
Mashonaland → dominantLanguage → Shona language ⓘ
subject linked to: Mashonaland region
linked to: Shona
Chief Neharawa → ethnicity → Shona ⓘ
Chief Neharawa → culture → Shona people ⓘ
linked to: Shona
Mbare → languageUsed → Shona ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages → hasNotableLanguage → Shona language ⓘ
linked to: Shona
Eastern Zimbabwe → hasEthnicGroup → Shona people ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Zimbabwe
linked to: Shona
Sakubva → hasLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Chikanga → hasLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Beitbridge → languageSpoken → Shona ⓘ
Dangamvura → hasLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Murambi → hasLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Southeastern Zimbabwe → hasEthnicGroup → Shona people ⓘ
subject linked to: southeastern Zimbabwe
linked to: Shona