Shona (chiShona) | mossyrune

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Shona

8.3M speakers · Niger-Congo › Bantu · Latin

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ZimbabweSouth AfricaZambiaBotswana

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Written in the Latin script. Uses SVO word order. Notable features include pronoun dropping.

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Interlinear glossed examples showing constituent order

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Official in 1 countries

Zimbabwe

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Typology

Word order SVO

Adjective after noun

Numeral after noun

Adposition preposition

Def. article no

Indef. article no

Pro-drop yes

Tonal no

Gender yes

Noun cases no

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