Karanga dialect
E616027
The Karanga dialect is a major variety of the Shona language spoken primarily in southern Zimbabwe, known for its significant cultural and historical influence among the Shona people.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
variety of Shona language ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Chikaranga ⓘ |
| belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup | Karanga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Korekore dialect
ⓘ
Manyika dialect ⓘ Ndau dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Zezuru dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence |
influences Shona naming practices
ⓘ
influences local ritual vocabulary ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
rural areas of southern Zimbabwe
ⓘ
urban centers with Karanga populations ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
important medium for Shona praise poetry
ⓘ
major carrier of Karanga oral traditions ⓘ used in traditional religious practices ⓘ |
| hasDialectContinuumWith | neighboring Shona varieties ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Karanga subgroup of Shona ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
associated with precolonial Karanga polities
ⓘ
influential in formation of Shona identity ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | sna (macrolanguage Shona) ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Bantu languages
ⓘ
Shona language cluster ⓘ |
| lexicalFeatures | contains vocabulary distinct from other Shona dialects ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language (as part of Bantu) ⓘ |
| macroLanguage | Shona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility | largely mutually intelligible with other Shona dialects ⓘ |
| partOf | Central Shona dialects NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeatures | shares core phonology with standard Shona but has regional variations ⓘ |
| region |
Masvingo Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Midlands Province NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Matabeleland South ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Karanga people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shona people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Zimbabwe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| standardizationRelation | contributes features to standardized Shona ⓘ |
| status | major dialect of Shona ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Shona language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
music and song lyrics
ⓘ
proverbs and idioms ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| usedIn |
local education at primary level in some areas
ⓘ
local radio broadcasting in southern Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO (subject–verb–object) as in other Shona varieties ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.