Manyika (African people)

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Name (Hebrew)
מנייקה (עם אפריקני)
Name (Latin)
Manyika (African people)
Name (Arabic)
مانيكا (شعب أفريقي)
Other forms of name
Bamanyeka (African people)
Chimanyika (African people)
Manica (African people)
Manika (African people)
Wamanyika (African people)
Wanyika (African people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Mozambique
Ethnology Zimbabwe
Shona (African people)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q760720
Library of congress: sh 93005778
Sources of Information
  • African ethonyms:p. 169 (Manyika (Manika, Manica) Shona family, Zimbabwe)
  • Ethnologue:p. 357 (Manyika (Chimanyika) Zimbabwe)
  • Murdock world cult.:p. 78 (Manyika, Shona family, Zimbabwe)
  • Voegelin lang.:p. 70 (Manyika, Shona family, Zimbabwe)
  • Ethnologue, June 3, 2000(Manyika (Chimanyika, Manika, Bamanyeka, Wamanyika, Wanyika) a little more divergent from Shona than Karanga, Zezuru, and Korekore; at least partially intelligible with Shona; Zimbabwe & Mozambique)
  • Africana, the encyclopedia of the African and African American experience(Manyika; inhabit Mozambique and Zimbabwe)

Wikipedia description:

The Manyika people are a Shona sub-group that originated from the Manyika kingdom. Manyika people speak several dialects which include ChiManyika (Northern Manyika), ChiBocha (Southern Manyika), ChiUngwe, ChiHera, Chijindwi and the Urban dialect which is spoken in urban centers like Mutare and Rusape. The majority of Manyika come from the eastern region of Zimbabwe and western Mozambique. The dialect is widely spoken in Manicaland Province, upper parts of Mashonaland (Mutoko, Rushinga and Mudzi districts), Manica Province, Sofala, Tete and Zambezia. Those from Nyanga, Nyamaropa, Nyatate and surrounding regions speak the ChiManyika variant whereas those from the Buhera and Bocha areas spoke ChiHera and ChiBocha variants. There are inherent cultural norms in each of the sub-regions inhabited by the Manyika.

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