Editing Shona language (section)

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe and Mozambique}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Shona
| nativename       = {{lang|sn|chiShona}}
| states           = {{Plainlist|
* [[Zimbabwe]] 
* [[Mozambique]]<ref>{{e28|sna}}</ref>
}}
| region           = [[Southern Africa]]
| speakers         = [[first language|L1]]: {{sigfig|9.617410|2}} million
| date             = 2010–2023
| ref              = <ref>{{e28|sna}}</ref>
| speakers2        = [[second language|L2]]: {{sigfig|4.482270|2}} million (2023)<ref>{{e28|sna}}</ref><br>Total: {{sigfig|14.099680|2}} million (2010–2023)<ref>{{e28|sna}}</ref>
| speakers_label   = Speakers
| familycolor      = Niger-Congo
| fam2             = [[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
| fam3             = [[Volta–Congo languages|Volta-Congo]]
| fam4             = [[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]]
| fam5             = [[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]]
| fam6             = [[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]]
| fam7             = [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]
| fam8             = [[Shona languages]] (S.10)
| dia1             = Korekore
| dia2             = Zezuru
| dia3             = [[Manyika dialect|Manyika]]
| dia4             = Karanga
| dia5             = Ndau
| iso1             = sn
| iso2             = sna
| lc1              = sna
| ld1              = Shona 
| lc2              = twl
| ld2              = Tavara 
| lc3              = mxc
| ld3              = [[Manyika dialect|Manyika]]
| lc4              = twx
| ld4              = [[Manyika dialect|Tewe (Manyika)]]
| glotto           = core1255
| glottoname       = Core Shona
| glotto2          = tawa1270
| glottoname2      = Tawara
| guthrie          = S.7–10
| nation           = [[Zimbabwe]]
| minority         = [[Mozambique]]
| lingua           = [http://linguasphere.info/?page=linguascale&linguacode=99-AUT-a 99-AUT-a] = {{collapsible list|99-AUT-aa (standardised Shona)+ 99-AUT-ab (chiKorekore incl. varieties -aba to <br>-abk)+ 99-AUT-ac (chiZezuru -aca..-ack)+ 99-AUT-ad (north chi[[Manyika language|Manyika]] -ada..-adk)+ 99-AUT-ae (central chi[[Manyika language|Manyika]] -aea..-aeg)+ 99-AUT-af (chiKaranga <br>-afa..-aff)+ 99-AUT-ag (chi[[Ndau language|Ndau]] -aga..-age)+ 99-AUT-ah (chiShanga)+ 99-AUT-ai (chiKalanga)+ 99-AUT-aj (chiNambya <br>-aja..-ajc)+ 99-AUT-ak (chiLilima -aka..-akf)}}
| script           = [[Latin script]] ([[Shona alphabet]])<br>[[Shona Braille]]<br>[[Ditema tsa Dinoko]]
| notice           = IPA
| ethnicity        = [[Shona people|Shona]]
}}
{{Infobox Bantu name|MuShona<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t3ocAAAAMAAJ&q=mushona++|title=Perspectives Des Études Africaines Contemporaines: Rapport Final D'un Symposium International|first=Eike|last=Haberland|date=May 3, 1974|publisher=Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission|isbn=9783794052257|via=Google Books}}</ref>|VaShona| chiShona | [[Vukaranga]]}}

'''Shona''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ʃ|oʊ|n|ə}} {{respell|SHOH-nə}};<ref>Laurie Bauer, 2007, ''The Linguistics Student's Handbook'', Edinburgh</ref> {{small|[[endonym]]:}} {{lang|sn|chiShona}} {{IPA|sn|tʃiʃona|}}) is a [[Bantu language]] spoken by the [[Shona people]] of [[Zimbabwe]] and [[Mozambique]]. The term is variously used to collectively describe all the Central Shonic varieties (comprising Zezuru, Manyika, Korekore and Karanga or Ndau) or specifically Standard Shona, a variety codified in the mid-20th century. Using the broader term, the language is spoken by over 14 million people.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shona|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/sna|website=Ethnologue}}</ref>

The larger group of historically related languages—called [[Shona languages|Shona or Shonic languages]] by linguists—also includes [[Ndau dialect|Ndau]] (Eastern Shona) and [[Kalanga language|Kalanga]] (Western Shona). In [[Malcolm Guthrie|Guthrie's]] classification of Bantu languages, zone S.10 designates the Shonic group.