Language code: sna
Technical information about ISO 639 language code sna
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The table below provides technical details for the Shona language, designated by the sna code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Shona Native ChiShona |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | ZezuruKarangaKorekoreManyikaNdau |
| Related languages | KalangaNambyaChichewa (Chewa/Nyanja)TongaNorthern Ndebele |
| Key facts | It is a Bantu language with roughly 10–14 million native speakersShona has a simple five-vowel inventory but employs a two-tone (high/low) system that changes word meaningits modern Latin-based orthography was standardized in 1955 after missionary and academic collaborationthe language is highly agglutinative, allowing a single verb to carry several affixes for subject, tense, aspect and objectthe first novel written entirely in Shona, “Feso” by Solomon Mutswairo, appeared in 1957. |
| Sample phrase | Mhoro, uri sei? |
| Character encodings | |
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The Shona language, identified by the code sna, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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