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26-641: Manicaland is bordered by Mashonaland East Province to the northwest, Midlands Province to the west, Masvingo Province to the southwest, and Mozambique to the east. It has an area of 36,459 square kilometres (14,077 sq mi), equal to 9.28% of the total area of Zimbabwe. It is the sixth-largest in area of Zimbabwe's ten provinces. Its economy is largely centered around industry and agriculture , particularly manufacturing , diamond and gold mining, timber , tea and coffee plantations, and tourism . In recent years, Manicaland's economy has declined as manufacturing firms and mines continue to fold, and

52-529: A lesser extent), but it simply cannot absorb the huge numbers of school leavers with high grades. In general, there is a school within a 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) radius across Manicaland. There are numerous primary and secondary schools scattered across the province. The distribution of schools by district is shown in the table below. 19°00′S 32°30′E  /  19.000°S 32.500°E  / -19.000; 32.500 Mashonaland East Province Mashonaland East , informally Mash East ,

78-515: Is a province of Zimbabwe . It has an area of 32,230 km and a population of approximately 1.73 million (2022). Marondera is the capital of the province. Mashonaland East is divided into nine districts: 17°30′S 32°00′E  /  17.500°S 32.000°E  / -17.500; 32.000 This Zimbabwe location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about government in Zimbabwe

104-540: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Shona language Shona ( / ˈ ʃ oʊ n ə / ; 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, Manyika, Korekore and Karanga or Ndau) or specifically Standard Shona, a variety codified in the mid-20th century. Using

130-522: Is an international airport. Diamonds were first discovered in country in Chiadzwa area in Bocha but several years down the line, the area have not benefited anything from the discovery. Penalonga is where illegal gold extraction is done, but instead of Manicaland benefiting, the resources are being looted by Scott Sakupwanya's company and several top government officials. The name Manicaland derives from

156-491: Is not the general medium of instruction for subjects other than Shona grammar and literature. The last systematic study of varieties and sub-varieties of the Central Shona dialect continuum was that done by Clement Doke in 1930, so many sub-varieties are no longer functional and should be treated with caution. According to information from Ethnologue: Languages with partial intelligibility with Central Shona, of which

182-439: Is noticeable like in this instance despite the fact it hubs largest rural population, second largest population by province and country third largest city, it is among last 5 developed provinces and does not have an international airport which in turn restricts its growth. It is the home of Zimbabwean tourism alongside Matebeleland North but international tourists does not have direct access, they have to come via Harare where there

208-550: Is quite common cross-linguistically, with similar systems occurring in Greek , Spanish , Tagalog , Swahili and Japanese . Each vowel is pronounced separately even if they fall in succession. For example, Unoenda kupi ? ("Where do you go?") is pronounced [u.no.e.nda.ku.pi] . The consonant sounds of Shona are: Shona and other languages of Southern and Eastern Africa include whistling sounds , (this should not be confused with whistled speech ). Shona's whistled sibilants are

234-515: Is the second most populated province in Zimbabwe. It has a population of about 1,755,000 which constitutes about 13.5% of the country's total population. The people of Manicaland speak Shona although the different districts have own languages and dialects. For example, Mutasa District use Manyika as a language. In Makoni District , the MaUngwe people use the chi Ungwe . In Chipinge District

260-496: Is very slightly less similar to those of Manyika, Korekore, and Zezuru. Shona is also similar to Swahili and Tswana . Shona is a written standard language with an orthography and grammar that was codified during the early 20th century and fixed in the 1950s. In the 1920s, the Rhodesian administration was faced with the challenge of preparing schoolbooks and other materials in the various languages and dialects and requested

286-669: The Nyangombe . The central and southern portions of the province are drained southwards by the Save River and its tributaries, including the Odzi River . Some areas along the province's eastern edge, including Honde Valley , Burma Valley , and eastern Chimanimani and Chipinge districts, drain eastwards into the Pungwe and Buzi rivers. The province is subdivided into seven rural districts and three town/councils: Manicaland

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312-520: The capital of Zimbabwe and the largest city in that country. The Eastern Highlands run along the eastern edge of Manicaland. The highlands are made up of several mountain ranges and include Mount Nyangani , Zimbabwe's highest peak. Manicaland has a tropical forest climate. The northern part of Manicaland is drained northwards by tributaries of the Zambezi River , including the Gairezi and

338-699: The fricatives "sv" and "zv" and the affricates "tsv" and "dzv". Whistled sibilants stirred interest among the Western public and media in 2006, due to questions about how to pronounce the name of Morgan Tsvangirai , the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai in Zimbabwe. The BBC Pronunciation Unit recommended the pronunciation "chang-girr-ayi" / ˈ tʃ æ ŋ ɡ ɪ r eɪ i / . The letters "L", "Q", and "X" are not used in Shona and are used only in loanwords. From 1931 to 1955, Unified Shona

364-604: The Apostolic Churches, with a notably higher proportion of the Apostolic followers in Mutare and Buhera district. Polygamy is quite prevalent among church members. Other communities such as Muslim are represented, owing to the influence of migration. Manicaland boasts of some of the best performing schools in the country. Schools such as St Augustines (Tsambe), St Faith's School, Rusape (Fisco-'Madetere') (Currently

390-719: The Land Apportionment Act of 1930 and the Native Land Husbandry Act of 1951), in the sharp division between Native reserves (later known as the Tribal Trust Lands), and European farming areas, with the Native Purchase Areas forming a kind of middle stage between the two. After the country's independence in 1980, district boundaries were redrawn based on political direction in the newer dispensation. A great number of

416-576: The Ndau people use chi Ndau and the Machangana/ Shangaani people use chiChangana/ Shangaan language. In Mutare District the people of Marange use chiBocha and the Jindwi people of Zimunya use chiJindwi . These languages transcend the modern day boundaries set by the districts, being synonymous with the people in their Chiefdoms, who originally occupied these lands and beyond, prior to

442-577: The best performing school 2012 at 'O' level and 'A' level in Zimbabwe), Nyanga High School, Marist Brothers , St Marys, Mt Selinda High, Bonda High, Emmanuel High, Kriste Mambo, Mutare Boys' High School, Mutare Girls High (The Shumbas), St Dominics Mutare, Marange High, Hartzell High, Lydia Chimonyo, Sakubva High , Dangamvura High. These have produced exceptional results over the years and a great number of academics renowned internationally. The privately run Africa University provides some relief (albeit to

468-607: The broader term, the language is spoken by over 14,000,000 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. Shona is closely related to Ndau , Kalanga and is related to Tonga , Chewa , Tumbuka , Tsonga and Venda . Ndau and Kalanga are former dialects of Shona but became independent languages in 2013 because their grammar

494-519: The displacement and resettlement caused by colonial occupation and repression in the early part of the 20th century. Boundaries between Kingdoms/ Chiefdoms were redrawn under the Land Apportionment Act of 1930 and the Native Land Husbandry Act of 1951. Colonial authorities used a similar technique to divide up land and authority, which in colonial Rhodesia manifested itself, through a long series of legislative measures (most importantly

520-635: The fact that part of the area has been occupied in history by the Manyika people. The Manyika are a tribal grouping classified as Shona , with their own language variant, the Manyika language . The province is bordered by Mashonaland East Province to the north, Midlands Province to the west, Masvingo Province to the south and southwest, and the Republic of Mozambique to the east. The provincial capital, Mutare (pop:184,205), lies approximately 265 kilometres (165 mi), by road, southeast of Harare ,

546-461: The next syllable. For example, mangwanani ("morning") is syllabified as [ma.ᵑɡwa.na.ni] ; Zimbabwe is [zi.ᵐba.ɓwe] . Shona is written with a phonemic orthography, with only slightly different pronunciation or grammatical differences according to variety. Shona has two tones, a high and a low tone, but these tones are not indicated in the standard writing system. Shona has a simple 5- vowels system: [a, e, i, o, u] . This inventory

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572-546: The population practise their own traditional way of worshipping, but many also practice Christianity (about 65%). The majority falling under the traditional churches: Methodist Church , Seventh-day Adventist Church , the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church . The Pentecostal churches have large followings in the urban areas of Mutare and a few other growth points. Some gatherings fall under

598-490: The province now lags behind other Zimbabwean provinces economically and developmentally. Recent developments in the province are noted mainly in Bocha area where several major infrastructural projects are underway. The province is one heavily underdeveloped areas in the country, on top of that, its economy is one the worst mainly due to Zezuru-Korekore supremacy agenda which was pushed by former president Robert Gabriel Mugabe It

624-414: The recommendation of South African linguist Clement Doke . The language is now described through monolingual and bilingual dictionaries (chiefly Shona – English). The first novel in Shona, Solomon Mutswairo 's Feso , was published in 1957. Subsequently, hundreds of novels, short story collections and poetry volumes in Shona have appeared. Shona is taught in the schools, but after the first few grades it

650-627: The speakers are considered to be ethnically Shona, are the S15 Ndau language , spoken in Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and the S13 Manyika language , spoken in eastern Zimbabwe, near Mutare specifically Chipinge. Ndau literacy material has been introduced into primary schools. Maho (2009) recognizes Korekore, Zezuru, Manyika, Karanga, and Ndau as distinct languages within the Shona cluster. Shona allows only open syllables . Consonants belong to

676-772: Was written with an alphabet developed by linguist Clement Martyn Doke . This included these letters: In 1955, these were replaced by letters or digraphs from the basic Latin alphabet. For example, today ⟨sv⟩ is used for ⟨ȿ⟩ and ⟨zv⟩ is used for ⟨ɀ⟩ . Noun classes ( mupanda ) Shona nouns are grouped by noun class ( mupanda ) based on: Vanhu vese vanoberekwa vakasununguka uyewo vakaenzana pahunhu nekodzero dzavo. Vanhu vese vanechipo chokufunga nekuziva chakaipa nechakanaka saka vanofanira kubatana nomweya wohusahwira. Translation All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in

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