Have you ever wondered where the Shona words hembe, bhurugwa, bhachi, sokisi came from? Afrikaans. Which other words reflect the colonial and regional interactions of the late 19th and 20th centuries?

Remember Shona as a language was built from dialects which had been in existence for time immemorial eg Karanga, Zezuru, Manyika, Korekore etc. Clement Doke an orthographer formulated the Shona alphabet and spelling. Below are the rudiments of Shona orthography.