Shona
Zimbabwe's main language
Shona refers to a Bantu people of Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique, comprising the largest ethnic group in Zimbabwe.
It also names their language, spoken by millions across the region.
As an adjective, Shona describes the culture, traditions, or language of this group: Shona sculpture, Shona music.
Separately, Shona is a Scottish given name, an anglicization of the Gaelic form of Joan.
Southern African republic
- ethnicOf a cultural group
- cultureCollective social practices
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
traditions · clan · kinship · community · indigenous · Harare · rural · customs
African language family
- dialectsRegional language variations
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- phonologyScience of language sounds
morphology · vocabulary · semantics · proverbs · idioms · tone · clicks · orthography
Former British African territory
- 1980Late twentieth century
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- settlersThose who establish homes
Tuned bar percussion instrument
Zimbabwe
Southern African republic
ancestry · traditions · clan · kinship · community · indigenous · Harare · rural · customs · identity
Bantu
African language family
- dialectsRegional language variations
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- syntaxRules for arranging words
phonology · morphology · vocabulary · semantics · proverbs · idioms · tone · clicks · orthography · pronunciation
Rhodesia
Former British African territory
- 1980Late twentieth century
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
marimba
Tuned bar percussion instrument
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
- shaveCut hair close
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- Bantu LanguagesSwahili, Zulu, Xhosa, Kiswahili, Tonga
- African LanguagesSwahili, Zulu, Yoruba, Xhosa, Amharic
- African PeoplesEgyptians, Nigerians, South Africans, Zulu, Moroccans
- ethnic groupsJews, Arabs, Chinese, Irish, Greeks
- Indigenous LanguagesNavajo, Cherokee, Dakota, Lakota, Ojibwe
- Southern AfricaZulu, Kruger National Park, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe