Mhoro!
say it: “m-HOH-roh”
Shona
in its own words: chiShona
- Speakers
- 11 million (estimate)
- Family
- Niger-Congo – Bantu
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Script
- Latin
- Official language
- Zimbabwe
Fun fact
The name Zimbabwe comes from Shona “dzimba dza mabwe”, houses of stone, after the ruins of Great Zimbabwe.