Shona

E28785
Bantu language natural language

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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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Shona canonical 130
Shona language 14
Shona people 10

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Northern Ndebele ⓘ
Xhosa ⓘ
Zulu ⓘ
geneticAffinity Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Shona ⓘ
surface form: ChiShona
hasDialects Karanga ⓘ
Korekore ⓘ
Manyika ⓘ
Ndau ⓘ
Zezuru ⓘ
hasGrammarFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
subject–verb–object word order ⓘ
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom Afrikaans ⓘ
English ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese
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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shona people
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (168)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Parliament of Zimbabwe → languageUsed → Shona ⓘ
Senate of Zimbabwe → languageOfProceedings → Shona ⓘ
Harare → commonlySpokenLanguage → Shona ⓘ
National Assembly of Zimbabwe → alsoUsesLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Sekai Holland → languageSpoken → Shona ⓘ
Sekai Holland → ethnicGroup → Shona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shona people
Niger–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Mutare → languageUsed → Shona ⓘ
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Gweru → languageMajority → Shona ⓘ
Southern Africa → hasMajorLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Bantu languages → majorLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Shona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shona languages
Shona → primaryEthnicGroup → Shona self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shona people
Shona → hasAlternativeName → Shona ⓘ
this entity surface form: ChiShona
Torwa state → ethnolinguisticGroup → Shona ⓘ
Torwa dynasty → ethnicGroup → Shona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shona people
Great Zimbabwe → culture → Shona ⓘ
Great Zimbabwe → languageOfRulingElite → Shona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shona language
Great Zimbabwe → associatedEthnicGroup → Shona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shona people
National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe → languageOfWork → Shona ⓘ
Highfield → languageUsed → Shona ⓘ
Borrowdale → language → Shona ⓘ
Mashonaland region → historicalInhabitant → Shona ⓘ
subject surface form: Mashonaland
this entity surface form: Shona people
Mashonaland region → dominantEthnicGroup → Shona ⓘ
subject surface form: Mashonaland
this entity surface form: Shona people
Mashonaland region → dominantLanguage → Shona ⓘ
subject surface form: Mashonaland
this entity surface form: Shona language
Chief Neharawa → ethnicity → Shona ⓘ
Chief Neharawa → culture → Shona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shona people
Harare City Council → usesLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Jacob Mudenda → languageSpoken → Shona ⓘ
Mbare → languageUsed → Shona ⓘ
Venda → hasNeighbouringLanguages → Shona ⓘ
Bulawayo City Council → usesLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Atlantic–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Matabeleland → languageSpoken → Shona ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages → hasNotableLanguage → Shona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shona language
eastern Zimbabwe → hasEthnicGroup → Shona ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Zimbabwe
this entity surface form: Shona people
Bvumba Mountains → languageOfToponym → Shona ⓘ
Mutare City Council → languageOfWork → Shona ⓘ
Manicaland Province → languageSpoken → Shona ⓘ
Mutare Museum → languageOfWorkOrName → Shona ⓘ
Sakubva → hasLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Chikanga → hasLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Beitbridge → languageSpoken → Shona ⓘ
Dangamvura → hasLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Murambi → hasLanguage → Shona ⓘ
Manyame River → languageOfAlternativeName → Shona ⓘ
Midlands Province → language → Shona ⓘ
southeastern Zimbabwe → hasEthnicGroup → Shona ⓘ
subject surface form: Southeastern Zimbabwe
this entity surface form: Shona people