Shona people

Bantu ethnic group native to southern Africa
Intangible ethnic_group Q642613
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Shona people

Summary

Shona people is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,239 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shona was Shona people's native language[3].
  • Shona people's religion is recorded as Protestantism[4].
  • Shona people's religion is recorded as Catholicism[5].
  • Shona people's religion is recorded as Shona traditional religion[6].
  • Shona people is in the country of Zimbabwe[7].
  • Shona people is in the country of Mozambique[8].
  • Shona people is in the country of Botswana[9].
  • Shona people is in the country of South Africa[10].
  • Shona people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[11].
  • Shona people's Commons category is recorded as Shona people[12].
  • Shona people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shona[13].
  • Shona people has a population of {'amount': '+10800000'}[14].
  • Shona people's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • Shona people's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • Shona people's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Shona people's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[18].

Product Details

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  • Type: Group[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9215ea15-d862-4d64-b5f8-b49de6b64fcf[20]

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Definition and Type

Shona people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[11].

Why It Matters

Shona people ranks in the top 6% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,239 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [19] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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