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Shona

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R2 500.00
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New students start 1st week of every month. | 1 day sessions held on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Description:

Shona – the tribe goes by the same name as the language, and has several dialects including Korekore- dialect by the Korekore people residing in the north east region of the Zezuru area to the Zambian boarder, Zezuru- dialect in the capital which is Harare and surrounding Mashonaland provinces, Manyika- dialect by the people of Manicaland province, Ndau – dialect parts of Manicaland especially around Chipinge and Karanga- dialect spoken mostly in Masvingo province. Language is derived from Bantu languages of Central Africa. ChiShona is also an official language of Zimbabwe along with Ndebele and English. It is the mother tongue of 75% of the people in Zimbabwe. However, from the Zezuru, Karanga and Manyika which are the 3 central dialects is where standard shona is based. Standard Shona is most taught in the schools, most people still express themselves in their dialects and use standard Shona when writing.

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