The ASJP Database - Wordlist Shona

Wordlist Shona

Compiled by Zarina Molochieva

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

Glottocode: shon1251
ISO 639-3: sna

Coordinates WGS84

18°S, 31°E
-18.00, 31.00

number of speakers	7,237,290
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Bantu
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Eastbantu > Shona(s.10) > Coreshona > Plateaushona > Centralshona
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Central > S > Shona(s.10)

Sources

Dale 1999[1975]: A basic English-Shona dictionary. Gweru, Zimbabwe: Mambo press.