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Shona (/ˈʃoʊnə/; Shona: chiShona) is a Bantu language of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. The term is variously used to collectively describe all the Central Shonic varieties (comprising Zezuru, Korekore and Karanga) or specifically Standard Shona, a variety codified in the mid-20th century and now based increasingly on Zezuru. Using the broader term, the language is spoken by over 6,000,000 people. The Manyika language, a Central-Eastern variety of Shona, is listed separately by Ethnologue, and is spoken by about 1,000,000 people. The larger group of historically related languages—called Shona or Shonic languages by linguists—also includes Ndau (Eastern Shona) and Kalanga (Western Shona). In Guthrie's classification of Bantu languages, zone S.10 designates the Shonic group. From Wikipedia