Shona languages
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The Shona languages (also called the Shonic group) are a
Bantu languages coded Zone S.10 in Guthrie's classification
. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), the languages form a valid node. They are:
- Shona
- Eastern Shona group
- Ndau (S.15)
- Central Shona group
- Korekore (S.11) and Tawara
- Zezuru (S.12)
- Tewe
- Karanga (S.14)
- Korekore (S.11) and
- Western Shona group
- Eastern Shona group
In the 1920s, the
Clement Doke. Based on his 1931 report, Standard Shona
was developed from the Central Shona varieties. Because of the presence of the capital city in the Zezuru region, that variety has come to dominate in Standard Shona.
Some classifications include the Shonic group in
Southern Bantu
, with the other Zone S languages; others treat it separately.
References
- Doke, Clement M. Report on the Unification of the Shona Dialects. Government of Southern Rhodesia: Government Blue Book, 1931.
- Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345.
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