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About Shona

Shona is closely tied to Zimbabwe’s mbira music tradition.

Speakers

12+ million

Language Family

Bantu

Writing System

Latin alphabet

Difficulty

Medium

Spoken in

ZimbabweMozambique

Why Learn Shona?

It provides access to Zimbabwe’s history and daily life.

Common Shona Words

Start your Shona journey with these essential words and phrases.

Mhoro

Hello

m-ho-ro

Ndatenda

Thank you

nda-ten-da

Ehe

Yes

eh-heh

Kwete

No

kweh-teh

Imba

House

eem-bah

History of Shona

Shona developed from several related dialects and became standardised during the colonial period.

Is Shona Hard to Learn?

Medium

Shona has regular pronunciation but complex noun class agreement typical of Bantu languages.

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