Ndau dialect

Ndau
RegionMozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa
Native speakers
2.4 million (2000–2006)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3ndc
Glottologndau1241
S.15[2]

Ndau (also called chiNdau, Chindau, Ndzawu, Njao, Chidanda) is a Bantu language spoken by 1,400,000[contradictory] people.

Ndau is a Shona language and it is mutually intelligible with other Shona languages such as Manyika, Zezuru and Karanga.The 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe accorded Ndau status as an official language.[3]

It is a National language of Zimbabwe.

  1. ^ Ndau at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ "Constitution of Zimbabwe (final draft)" (PDF). Government of Zimbabwe. January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2013 – via Kubatana.net.