Shona
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1. Shona - Noun
2. Shona - Adjective
3. Shona - Proper noun
Meaning
a Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe
a member of a Bantu tribe living in present-day Zimbabwe
of or relating to or characteristic of the culture of the Shonas
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After the Shona speaking people moved into the present day Zimbabwe many different dialects developed over time in the different parts of the country.
A large Shona -speaking area extends between the Zimbabwe border and the sea: this was formerly known the Ndau variety Doke, Clement, A Comparative Study in Shona Phonetics.
Avari Bruguier and Shona Kocer both put down eight kills.
“Concurrently, he sows seeds of collective guilt on the Shona majority,” she charged, while also calling Ndlovu a “dyed in the wool coward.”
Apparently similar to Shona, but lacking the tone patterns of the Shona language, and regarded by its speakers as quite separate, is CiBalke, also called Rue or Barwe, used in a small country near the Zimbabwe border.
Cobargo resident Shona Taranto is comforted by Tim O'Mearo.