Major ethnic groups in Zimbabwe and their peculiarities

Zimbabwe is a country in the southern part of the African continent. Although it is almost ethnically homogeneous with one ethnic group accounting for about 80% of the population, the country holds the world record of having the highest number of official languages with 16 official languages. Now let’s meet the major ethnic groups in the country
Shona

[@engsemangwengwende7499]

You missed out Tonga, Venda, Xhosa, Tswana, San, as well as migrants from Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique who are now all part of Zimbabwe

[@dudleymakeche7842]

You also missed out the Tonga of northern Zimbabwe on the southern part of lake Kariba. They are related to the Tonga of southern zambia.

[@chipo777]

The tribes in Zambia Mozambique bostwana South Africa are in Zimbabwe as it is these places cos we some

[@Zimboprenuer]

Too much News and less History is the main problem our society is facing today. Thank you for the great content

[@brighttendaimuvirimi1905]

You got it wrong, we don't usually blend the two sorghum and maize when we are preparing SADZA unless, in dire situations of shortages, in addition to the former two we have a variety of other grains like finger millet and mhunga (bull rush).

[@rutendorusemo4792]

as a Zimbabwean, i say u got most of the things wrong. Please do your research well.

[@praisepola3886]

proudly Shona

[@carolinegardner8214]

Great art and Information well done

[@roselinemandimika8973]

Most of these peculiarities are not particularly tru between these tribes as they all almost practice the same traditions and beliefs. Saying this as a Zimbabwean. Please research some more.

[@080566fm]

Shona is not a tribe, I’m Manyika not Zezuru so as the other dialects you mentioned, those are distinct tribes though other traditional practices seem similar. Good job though

[@stonemuk]

Thanks 😊

[@yasiina7515]

Thank you for sharing this. It's great to know this history of Zimbabwe and how may tribe's lives around there and what different languages they speaks as a home language. And what the majority language uses the country as majority Is the shona language?

[@BioGreatTv]

Thanks for watching Naciim, it's the Shona language.

[@chipo777]

Shona is not a language there no such thing as shown blame the whites . Bantus do not have shona but as the 5 tribes you mentioned are also parts of the other tribes as isindebele and zulu are also bantus

[@Phronesis7]

Also the Ndebele and Shona are not tribes, they’re nations!

[@raymondwright2985]

They are tribes! 2 of the main tribes amongst the many that make up the nation of Zimbabwe .

[@Phronesis7]

@@raymondwright2985 Tribes do not contain mixes of different tribes and peoples. The Shona are made up of the Ndau, Karanga, Zezuru etc etc. And therefore there are different versions of the Shona language. The Ndebele are made up of the Sotho, Swati, Xhosa, SA Ndebele, Kalanga etc etc. There are also therefore different versions of the Ndebele language. All those versions are influenced by the tribal language of the speakers. All the tribes that are part of those nations still identify as part of their tribe as well as part of the nation. That does not happen in a tribe. That's the difference between the two.

[@roselinemandimika8973]

Shona is also a bantu language

[@tendaikasambira]

Shona came from the word svina (tsvina) meaning dirt. It was an insult from lobengula. Those tribes are separate but one. Hence why culturally we say tombika doro reManyika, remaNdau etc. Not doro remashona. Shona is equivalent to nigga. But the British can pronounce the v in svina properly so they called it Shona

[@Phronesis7]

This is why I hate when people who aren’t at all part of a culture do history videos. He’s describing South African Ndebele practices and mixing them up with Zim Ndebele practices!

[@chipo777]

They one people

[@Phronesis7]

@@chipo777 No. They're not. The SA Ndebele are a tribe, the Zim Ndebele are a nation and the SA Ndebele is a very minor part of that nation

[@mitchellmhlanga4414]

Some information is not true on the Ndebele people.

[@bikay007kwati7]

yonke into nje ngamanga

[@ericnqobilengwenya9460]

Uyanya lo🤨

[@zw-crc]

The term "tribe" cannot be applied to any of the peoples of Zimbabwe, in the same way you cannot apply the term to the peoples of the UK.

[@pelisanyoni]

UNkulunkulu is God in Ndebele. Thank you though but some not true. Proudly Ndebele.

[@sinothizitha1280]

You missed Tonga and Batwa(san).

[@azaniacrypto5964]

Proudly Ndebele and Zulu

[@innocentgoitseone3715]

U cannot be Zulu and ndebele at the same time. Zulus will tell u that. Zulus are Zulus. Ndebeles are ndebele people with link to Zulus only. They are not Zulus. Zulus see it as an insult to them.

[@sihoma1]

Zimbabwean Ndebeles can blend 100% with Zulus

[@azaniacrypto5964]

@@sihoma1 - Thank you my brother i really took exception to this person called @Innocent Goitseone more or less trying to dictate to me WHO and what i am not having lived my life nor gone through my experiences in my life. I would further like to say i am actually proud of my parents for exposing me to my culture whilst we are surrounded by western culture, it would’ve been easy for them not to do so, however, they alway insisted in talking to me in the native tongue even of it was easier to go with the majority of English speakers. Now i am an adult myself, i fully understand Zulu(Ndebele is just a dialect of Zulu), i am trying to improve my Zulu speaking skills

[@innocentgoitseone3715]

@@sihoma1 ndebeles can't fit in. Time and time again. Has been proven. They try to speak like Zulus. Fail. They come to mzansi and pretend to be Zulus when not. mina zulu ukube ubungazi. Ubaba wami umzulu abantu. They is a reason why when xenophobic attacks take place, amandebele are also attacked because they ain't part of amazulu nor the community. They are outsiders. Hence we are taught as abantwana, they is Zimbabwean ndebele and Zulus. Two different groups. Zulus are Zulus. Zimbabwean ndebele are ndebele group comprising of different groups from Zimbabwe. Which is the case. Look at the groups making up the ndebele, they ain't Nguni nor abantu besizulu.

[@sihoma1]

@@innocentgoitseone3715 of course your right by mentioning those ethnic groups the first group Imizansi and their descendants till to date they're still blending nicely I think you're talking about these other groups .

[@Phoonguy]

Tsvangirai former prime minister? What the hell bro🤣🤣

[@bikay007kwati7]

you don't even talk about matebele wena you talking about south african ndebele not mthwakazi ndebele

[@sihoma1]

It's my first time to hear that Nkulunkululu had a wife called Mvelinqangi otherwise this is the same entity

[@lazarustutumpofu2099]

Miss leading information unkulunkulu and Mvelinqangi mean God.

[@ossie500]

The Lemba, San and vaDoma

[@mthokozisilanga4497]

Xhosa/Mfengu, Tonga and Chinese who were brought by Europeans.

[@Eddymaf]

Mfengu people are not even Xhosa. The Zulu migrants who entered the eastern cape in the late 1800s;s and were not accepted by other tribes classified under the Xhosa banner and for survival had to seek employment from the British hence they became British mercenaries.they merely adapted isixhosa

[@richmac6345]

To the High God "Mwari?"WRONG! "Mwari" means God... so the Christian God some pray to will be called "Mwari"... it's not as if they have a God called "Mwari."

[@11simonjr]

"Mwari also known as Musikavanhu, Musiki, Tenzi and Ishe, is the Supreme Creator deity according to Shona traditional religion." Google is free brother. Mwari is not a word the Shona people made up after YOU came and colonized the country with Christianity. It was always refering to the traditional deity.

[@bekithembangwenya2840]

Shona people are 70% not 80%

[@Phoonguy]

80

[@tendaifushai5651]

Shona is a language... not a tribe

[@queenapryllm8454]

Language and ethnic group

[@sihoma1]

Shonas didn't have a name as a people thus the Ndebeles named them Shona they don't even know what's the name of their language you would wonder how they identify themselves had it been they weren't given this name by the Ndebele people

[@geraldmuchenje8780]

​@@sihoma1tribal nonsense

[@khusanemphela4347]

True

[@khusanemphela4347]

The white man who founded shona wanted something like English

[@ronaldchaduka3572]

Wrong information

[@bryanmahasvachiwani3033]

Shona is not a tribe. How can you find tribes in a tribe if shona is a tribe

[@chipo777]

They consist of the 5 tribes who came from Mizraim to Ethiopia through nigeria congo to southern sfrics

[@bikay007kwati7]

noooo its all 70% of them

[@user-vl6hh9io5x]

you left out the tonga

[@khusanemphela4347]

Shona is not a tribe but a language

[@haangalasimuunka3397]

The Tonga tribe has been left out.

[@Phoonguy]

Are they in Zimbabwe? I thought they were in sa and Zambia

[@chipo777]

They are in Zimbabwe too

[@wisemanmhlanga8832]

Ndau can't be a dialect of shona u wrong

[@mphoshobo6947]

Karanga is not a dialect of Shona,the Karanga language is the same as the Kalanga language.....

[@ngatendwerangariraidzimba9809]

nope. Karanga and Kalanga are very different. Karanga is of Masvingo area/ region and Kalanga is Matebeleland into Botswana. Karanga is Shona and Kalanga is a language on its own

[@tutotutot5193]

@@ngatendwerangariraidzimba9809 it depends on where you are from. if you are from zimbabwe you are taught kalanga is different from shona probably because of history and assimiliation by Ndebele. Mpho above is probably from Botswana where Kalangas and shona are grouped into one.......i think the version of Botswana is correct. Shona, Kalanga and Venda are one, zulu,xhosa,ndebele are one, sotho, tswana, pedi are one.

[@ngatendwedzimba7710]

@@tutotutot5193 you are lost my guy. Kalanga and Karanga can never be grouped together. Never. Its like saying karanga and Ndebele are the same. I am Zimbabwean and I speak Karanga. Kalanga origuns and Karanga origins. Batswana even know the difference between their own Kalanga and Karanga (shona) Please correct your misconception

[@ngatendwedzimba7710]

@@tutotutot5193 I think you need to look into the history and development of these languages.

[@tutotutot5193]

@@ngatendwedzimba7710 i still dont agree with you my brother. In Botswana we believe Kalanga are the most senior and first inhabitants of Zimbabwe and northrn Botswana and South Africa. In Botswana the great Zimbabwean ruins was occupied by great Kalanga kings and coincidentally thats exactly what Shonas in Zimbabwe believe. secondly every historian will tell you language is the first giveaway. Kalanga was destroyed by Ndebeles when they came and it happens everwhere. Botswana kalanga has a lot of Setswana words and Zimbabwean kalanga has Ndebele. I still maintain Kalangas built zimbabwean ruins and all shonas plus vendas are Kalanga dialects. i was even shocked to hear Zimbabweans grouping Kalangas with Ndebeles. your guys are taught wrong. if you go to Venda areas in South Africa they will tell you there used be an ancient tribe called Kalanga that is extinct now not knowing some remains are there accross the boarder.

[@kpaxchocho3327]

Shona is not a tribe or a language

[@markncube6571]

Tonga

[@lazaruschabvuta4844]

Proudly Korekore

[@mapule2780]

But Ndebeles in SA practice circumcision. Zulus don't

[@33Camden]

Nonsense Ndebeles don't Practise circumcision . . . Thats Xhosa people

[@mapule2780]

@@33Camden amasokana nokuthomba are Ndebele practices done every five years or so. Very popular in Mpumalanga, South Africa. You can ask anyone who's lived in Ndebele areas in Mpumalanga, it's well known. They just don't have fatalities like Xhosas. But it's VERY populr and they are proud of it. Ask any Mahlangu or Skhosana. Maybe Zimbabwean Ndebeles don't but South African Ndebeles proudly circumcise

[@33Camden]

@@mapule2780 Thank you for that Information . . . I had no idea

[@tloutlou2655]

@@33Camden Zimbabwe Ndebele are Zulu not really Ndebele.

[@33Camden]

@@tloutlou2655 Yea I have figured that one out . . . . Zim Ndebeles branched from Zulus

[@ericnqobilengwenya9460]

Shona are 50s,60s,70s migrant workers from Rwanda drc Malawi Mozambique etc that's why they don't have history mbuya nehanda and kagubi are fictitious characters like umvundla nonteletsha😃😃

[@conceretejungle1150]

lobengula is also fictiouse lol sold the whole country for suger lol

[@BigSamAviation]

Mozambique???? Are you sure??

[@tseyazmutseyami1402]

Why would you do that

[@JayGeezw]

There’s no such thing as Shona people 😂 if you’re researching Zimbabwe don’t watch this guy. Doesn’t know anything. Then he pronounces Ndebele as “Innderbelly” like a European 🙆‍♀️! And he talks about the South African Ndebele’s instead of Zimbabwe 🙇‍♀️. FAIL.

[@thembakhumalo3113]

Good deal of balanced infor considering you not African ....it seems???.A few grey areas ommissions eg Tonga ..your demographics interesting....I'll give you 75%....

[@praisepola3886]

proudly Shona