Jindwi

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Jindwi is a dialect of the Manyika variety of the Shona language spoken in parts of eastern Zimbabwe and neighboring Mozambique.

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Label Occurrences
Jindwi canonical 1

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Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shona dialect
dialect
countryOfOrigin Zimbabwe
hasAlternativeName Jindwi dialect
hasAncestorLanguage Proto-Bantu
Proto-Niger–Congo
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system
tonal language
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
Shona
minorityLanguageIn Mozambique
partOf Shona macrolanguage
linked to: Shona
relatedTo Manyika
Standard Shona
linked to: Shona
spokenIn Mozambique
Zimbabwe
spokenInRegion eastern Mozambique
linked to: Mozambique coast

eastern Zimbabwe
subdivisionOf Manyika
usedBy Manyika people
usedFor everyday communication
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manyika hasDialects Jindwi