Ndau dialect

E616978

dialect variety of Shona language

The Ndau dialect is a variety of the Shona language spoken primarily in southeastern Zimbabwe and central Mozambique, known for its distinct phonology and vocabulary within the Shona dialect continuum.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ndau language	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dialect ⓘ variety of Shona language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Karanga dialect ⓘ Manyika dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Shona NERFINISHED ⓘ Zezuru dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryDistribution	Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Ndau people NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicRange	border regions between Zimbabwe and Mozambique ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Chindau NERFINISHED ⓘ Ndau language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGlottocode	ndau1244 ⓘ
hasISOCode	ndc ⓘ
hasLexicalFeature	distinct vocabulary within Shona continuum ⓘ
hasLinguisticStatus	dialect with some language-like autonomy ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom	Portuguese NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	Bantu noun class system ⓘ
hasMutualIntelligibilityWith	other Shona dialects ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	distinct consonant inventory compared to Standard Shona ⓘ distinct phonology within Shona continuum ⓘ distinct vowel qualities compared to Standard Shona ⓘ
hasStandardizationStatus	less standardized than Standard Shona ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	typical Bantu SVO word order ⓘ
influencedBy	neighboring Mozambican Bantu languages ⓘ
isPartOf	Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
isSubjectOf	comparative studies of Shona dialects ⓘ research on dialect continua in Bantu languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
partOf	Shona dialect continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	southeastern Africa ⓘ
spokenBy	Ndau-speaking communities in Manica Province ⓘ Ndau-speaking communities in Manicaland Province ⓘ Ndau-speaking communities in Sofala Province ⓘ
spokenIn	Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenPrimarilyIn	central Mozambique ⓘ southeastern Zimbabwe ⓘ
subclassOf	Shona dialect ⓘ
usedFor	everyday communication ⓘ local literature ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

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

Manyika → closelyRelatedTo → Ndau dialect ⓘ

Ndau people → languageSpoken → Ndau dialect ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ndau language