Shona

Endonyms

chiShona

Alternate Names

Shona, Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

Identifiers
ISO code

sna

Glottocode

shon1251

Metadata
Countries of origin

Zimbabwe

Also spoken in

Zimbabwe

Writing systems

Braille, Latin

Linguistic genealogy

Niger-Congo

EGIDS Status

3 - Wider communication

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