Editing Demographics of Zimbabwe (section)

==Languages==
Zimbabwe has 16 official languages: [[Chewa language|Chewa]], [[Sena language|Chibarwe]], English, [[Kalanga language|Kalanga]], [[Khoisan languages|Koisan]], [[Nambya language|Nambya]], [[Ndau dialect|Ndau]], [[Northern Ndebele language|Ndebele]], [[Tsonga language|Shangani]], [[Shona language|Shona]], [[sign language]], [[Sotho language|Sotho]], [[Tonga language (Zambia and Zimbabwe)|Tonga]], [[Tswana language|Tswana]], [[Venda language|Venda]], and [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]].<ref name="constitution">The following languages, namely Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda and Xhosa, are the officially recognised languages of Zimbabwe.  ([http://www.kubatana.net/docs/legisl/constitution_zim_draft_copac_130125.pdf CONSTITUTION OF ZIMBABWE (final draft)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002110534/http://www.kubatana.net/docs/legisl/constitution_zim_draft_copac_130125.pdf |date=2013-10-02 }}).</ref> English  is widely used in administration, law and schools, though less than 2.5%, mainly the white and [[Coloured]] (mixed race) minorities, consider it their native language. The rest of the population speak [[Shona language|Shona]] (70%) and [[Northern Ndebele language|Ndebele]] (20%), Kalanga (2%), etc.<ref name="languages">{{cite web |url=http://www.gapadventures.com/docs/pdi/africa/Zimbabwe.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-06-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325004301/http://www.gapadventures.com/docs/pdi/africa/Zimbabwe.pdf |archive-date=2009-03-25 }}</ref> Shona has a rich oral tradition, which was incorporated into the first Shona novel, ''Feso'' by [[Solomon Mutswairo]], published in 1956.<ref name="feso">[http://www.unc.edu/~ottotwo/mothertongue.html Mother Tongue: Interviews with Musaemura B. Zimunya and Solomon Mutswairo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326150740/http://www.unc.edu/~ottotwo/mothertongue.html |date=2018-03-26 }} University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</ref> English is spoken primarily in the cities, but less so in rural areas.  Television news is broadcast in English, Shona and Ndebele though the local languages time slot falls out of prime viewing time, but radio broadcasts in English, Ndebele, Shona, Kalanga, Nambya, Venda, Suthu and Tonga. English, Ndebele and Shona are given far more airtime.