ISO 639-3 · snasna
Niger–Congo family
Shona
ChiShona
Shona is a language of the Shona languages branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique and Botswana. Wikidata counts 8.3 m first-language speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language of Zimbabwe and Mozambique”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sna- ISO 639-1
sn- Glottocode
core1255- Family
- Niger–Congo
- Centre point
- -19.00, 32.00
- Wikipedia
- 82 language editions
8.3 mfirst-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
1scripts
9levels in the tree
3EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Shona · ChiShona |
|---|---|
| Also called | Shona language, sn, chiShona, chiSwina, chiZwina |
| L1 speakers | 8,300,000 (2007) |
| All speakers | 9,023,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Zimbabwe |
Vitality
EGIDS 3 Wider Communication3
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Shona
The branches above Shona, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Zimbabwe
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalxhoXhosaNiger–Congo · 19.2 m1 · NationalnyaChewaNiger–Congo · 12 m3 · Wider CommunicationafrAfrikaansIndo-European · 7.2 m1 · NationaltumTumbukaNiger–Congo · 7 m4 · EducationalsotSesothoNiger–Congo · 6 m1 · NationaltsnTswanaNiger–Congo · 4.5 m1 · NationaltsoTsongaNiger–Congo · 4 m1 · NationalndeNorthern NdebeleNiger–Congo · 1.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationvenVendaNiger–Congo · 1.3 m1 · National