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Shona language belongs to the Bantu branch under the Niger-Congo family of languages. There are nearly nine million Shona speakers, most of whom reside in Zimbabwe. In fact over 80% of Zimbabwe's population comprises of Shona speakers. Consequently, Shona is recognized as a national language of Zimbabwe along with Ndebele. Outside Zimbabwe, Shona speakers are found in Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique.
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- Shona is a tonal language having high and low tones. However the tones are not indicated in writing.
- The written form of Shona has been standardized and based on a grammar and orthography that was codified in early 20th century.
- Solomon Mutswairo wrote the first novel in Shona language, it was called Feso.
- Although Shona language is taught in schools, it is not known to be used as a common medium of instruction for other subjects.
- Shona language, as used in the present day has its basis in a dialect spoken by the Karanga people from the Masvingo Province which is an area around Great Zimbabwe, and the Zezuru people living in northern and central Zimbabwe. However, the other Shona dialects are also officially considered to be equally significant and taught in local schools.
- Shona dialects include Toko, Hwesa and Karanga dialects. These dialects are further subdivided into many sub-dialects.
- The Ndau language used in Zimbabwe and Mozambique, and Manyika language used in eastern part of Zimbabwe share some similarities with Shona.
- Syllables employed in Shona end in a vowel while consonants belong to the next syllable.All verbs end with 'a'.
- Shona language includes whistling sounds.
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