Korekore dialect
E634464
The Korekore dialect is a regional variety of the Shona language spoken primarily by the Korekore people in northern Zimbabwe.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Korekore dialect cluster | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
variety of Shona language ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Korekore chiefs and traditional leadership structures ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Korekore culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Karanga dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manyika dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Ndau dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Zezuru dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| culturalRole | marker of Korekore identity ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Korekore people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
areas north of Harare
ⓘ
border regions near Zambia and Mozambique ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Korekore Shona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinct regional vocabulary
ⓘ
noun class system typical of Bantu languages ⓘ phonological differences from other Shona dialects ⓘ shares core grammar with other Shona dialects ⓘ tonal language ⓘ |
| hasLexicalFeature | regional terms for flora and fauna of northern Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
extensive verbal inflection
ⓘ
rich derivational morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | Bantu-type consonant and vowel system ⓘ |
| historicalDevelopment | developed as northern variety of Shona in precolonial period ⓘ |
| languageCodeStatus | does not have a distinct ISO 639-3 code separate from Shona ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu languages ⓘ |
| languageGroup | Shona language cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| mutuallyIntelligibleWith | other major Shona dialects ⓘ |
| partOf | Shona language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Mashonaland
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Zambezi Valley area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Korekore people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Zimbabwe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| standardizationStatus | not the primary basis of Standard Shona orthography ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Shona dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
English language in Zimbabwe
ⓘ
Standard Shona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication among Korekore people
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ storytelling ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ |
| usedIn | local radio and informal media in Korekore areas ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Korekore dialect cluster