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Name: Shona
Type: Language
Alternate Names: "Swina"; Chishona
Spoken in: Malawi, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Number of speakers: 10,700,000 in Zimbabwe. 4,500,000 Karanga (Chebanne and Nthapelelang 2000), 1,700,000 Korekore (Chebanne and Nthapelelang 2000), 3,200,000 Zezuru (Chebanne and Nthapelelang 2000), 1,300,000 Shona. Population total all countries: 10,759,200 (Ethnologue)
Code: sna
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup: Shona (S.10) (sona)
Child Dialect Groups: Korekore; Northern Shona; Goba; Gova; Shangwe; Korikori; Makorekore; Wakorikori; Gowa (sna-kor) Zezuru; Chizezuru; Bazezuru; Bazuzura; Mazizuru; Vazezuru; Wazezuru (sna-zez) Karanga; Chikaranga (sna-kar)
Child Dialects: Toko (sna-tok) Hwesa (sna-hwe)

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