Mutauro
Mutauro hunhu wevanhu unoita vakwanise kutaurirana, uye mutauro unorevawo muenzaniso wezvinoitika. Ruzivo rwakadzama nezvemitauro runonzi linguistics. Nyanzvi dzemitauro dzinonzi vanagodobori.
Pane kufungidzirwa kwehuwandu nezvemitauro pasirose yakasiyana-siyana pakati pe5000 ne7000. Nyanzvi dzinofungidzira kuti pakati pemakumi mashanu kubva muzana yemitauro kuchange kuchina zvekuti pakupera kwegore 2100 inenge yaparara.
Mitauro iri kushanduka nekufamba kuri kuita nguva, nemunhoroondo yekushanduka inogona kuvakiridzwa nekuenzaniso nemitauro yemazuva ano. Mitauro inotaurwa nevanhu vakabva kumadzitateguru ane madzinza akafanana vanotaura muri mitauro yakafanana (language family).
Marudzi anonyanyotaurwa anosanganisira mitauro yeChiIndo-European (neChirungu neChiSpanish), mitauro yeChiSino-Tibetan (neChiMandarin, ChiCantonese), mitauro yeChiAfro-Asiatic (neChiArabic, ChiAmharic, ChiSomali, neChiHebrew), nemitauro yeChiBantu (neChiSwahili, ChiZulu, ChiShona).
Mazwi anoshandiswa kutsanangura zvemaumbirwo omutauro
| ChiShona | ChiRungu |
|---|---|
| bazi (romutauro) | dialect |
| bumbiro remabhi | alphabet |
| (chi)dudzirachiito | adverb |
| chiitirwa | object |
| chiito | verb |
| chirevo | sentence, clause |
| chisazita | pronoun |
| chivakamberi | suffix |
| chivakashure | prefix |
| donzo rechiito | mood |
| donzo rechishuwo | subjunctive mood |
| hwidzazwi | high tone |
| izwi rokutapa | loan word |
| izwifanana, fananadudziro | synonym |
| kwarakabva (izwi) | etymology |
| maumbirwo (omutauro) | grammar, structure of the language |
| muiti | subject |
| ndevohuru | main clause |
| nguva (yechiitiko) | tense |
| nguva ichangopfuura | recent past tense |
| nguva ichauya | future tense |
| nyaudzira, vara | syllable |
| rudzi | word class |
| ushoma | singular |
| uwanda, uzhinji | plural |
| varamai, nyanzvira | consonant |
| varamwana, nzvovera | vowel |
| zita | noun |
