Shona languages
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The Shona languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone S.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the languages form a valid node. They are:
Some classifications include them with the other Zone S languages as Southern Bantu.
- Shona properShona languageShona is a Bantu language, native to the Shona people of Zimbabwe and southern Zambia; the term is also used to identify peoples who speak one of the Shona language dialects: Zezuru, Karanga, Manyika, Ndau and Korekore...
, Dema, Kalanga, ManyikaManyika languageThe Manyika language is a dialect of the Shona language.Largely spoken by the Manyika people in the eastern part of Zimbabwe and across the border in Mozambique it encompasses ChiBocha, ChiNdau, ChiUngwe and ChiManyika from which the broad Manyika Language gets its name from.This ChiManyika spoken...
, NdauNdau languageNdau is one of the Shona dialects. It is spoken by people from the region of Chipinge...
, Nambya, Tawara, Tewe
Some classifications include them with the other Zone S languages as Southern Bantu.