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Shona Numbers

1	Mumwe
2	Mbiri
3	Vatatu
4	Ina
5	Shanu
6	Vatanhatu
7	Nomwe
8	Vasere
9	Mapfumbamwe
10	Gumi
11	Gumi nerimwe
12	Gumi nembiri
13	Gumi nematatu
14	Gumi nemana
15	Gumi neshanu
16	Gumi nematanhatu
17	Gumi nemanomwe
18	Gumi nesere
19	Gumi nepfumbamwe
20	Makumi maviri

Shona Numbers 30 - 100

30	Makumi matatu
35	Makumi matatu neshanu
40	Makumi mana
45	Makumi mana neshanu
50	Makumi mashanu
55	Makumi mashanu neshanu
60	Makumi matanhatu
65	Makumi matanhatu neshanu
70	Makumi manomwe
75	Makumi manomwe neshanu
80	Makumi masere
85	Makumi masere neshanu
90	Makumi mapfumbamwe
95	Makumi mapfumbamwe neshanu
100	Zana

Shona Numbers 200 - 1,000,000

200	Mazana maviri
1,000	Chiuru
10,000	Zviuru gumi
100,000	Mazana ezviuru
1,000,000	Miriyoni

Learn Shona

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Shona

Family
How can you describe your family in Shona?

Numbers
How to count in Shona

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Shona

Months of the year
How to say months of the year in Shona

Time Concepts
How say early, late, always and other concepts in Shona

Question Words
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? How Much?

Traveling
Need to get to travel somewhere? Learn how to do it in Shona

Shopping
Let's go shopping and see how to buy items in Shona

Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

Media
List of music, dances and movies in Shona

Phrases
Extra phrases in Shona that may be handy

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