Shona


noun, plural Shonas (especially collectively) Shona for 1.
1.
Also called Mashona. a member of a group of peoples constituting more than two thirds of the population of Zimbabwe.
2.
the Bantu language of the Shona.
noun
1.
(pl) -na, -nas. a member of a Sotho people of S central Africa, living chiefly in Zimbabwe and Mozambique
2.
the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

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