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Since the adoption of its 2013 Constitution, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages:
- Chewa
- Chibarwe
- English
- Kalanga
- Koisan
- Nambya
- Ndau
- Ndebele
- Shangani
- Shona
- sign language
- Sotho
- Tonga
- Tswana
- Venda
- Xhosa
The country’s main languages are Shona, spoken by roughly 70% of the population, and Ndebele, spoken by roughly 20%. English is the country’s lingua franca, used in government and business and as the main medium of instruction in schools.
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