Atlantic-Congo · East Africa · Southern Africa

Shona

Not endangered

Shona is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyAtlantic-Congo
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3sna
Glottocodeshon1251

Spoken in Botswana · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Atlantic-Congo's family tree with Shona.

  1. Tawara

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  2. Manyika

    Not endangered
    Grammar

  3. Tewe

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  4. Ndau

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  5. Kalanga

    Not endangered
    Grammar

  6. Nambya

    Shifting
    Grammar

  7. Birwa

    Threatened
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  8. Chopi

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

Reference data for Shona from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)