Shona

noun

Sho·na | \ˈshō-nə

\

plural Shona or Shonas

Definition of Shona

1 : a member of any of a group of Bantu peoples of Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique

2 : the group of languages spoken by the Shona

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The first known use of Shona was circa 1895

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