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Shona language

Quality:

Shona - Bantu language of Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Article “Shona language” in Simple English Wikipedia has 6.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.35 points.

This article has the best quality in Estonian Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Shona language”, its content was written by 3 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 853 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 18 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3305 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #353 in May 2026
  • Global: #9499 in April 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #33079 in July 2008
  • Global: #52106 in April 2026

There are 41 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Estonian (et)
Šona keel
48.1599
2Hungarian (hu)
Sona nyelv
39.7625
3English (en)
Shona language
38.3065
4Catalan (ca)
Xona
34.5002
5Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Språket sjona
32.3124
6Vietnamese (vi)
Tiếng Shona
28.7967
7Galician (gl)
Lingua shona
26.7269
8Indonesian (id)
Bahasa Shona
26.1734
9Italian (it)
Lingua shona
24.8403
10Basque (eu)
Shonera
23.8037
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Shona language" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shona language
2 465 680
2German (de)
Shona (Sprache)
268 161
3Spanish (es)
Idioma shona
143 024
4French (fr)
Shona (langue)
110 746
5Portuguese (pt)
Língua xona
103 748
6Russian (ru)
Шона (язык)
101 611
7Polish (pl)
Język shona
97 784
8Japanese (ja)
ショナ語
70 753
9Italian (it)
Lingua shona
44 617
10Chinese (zh)
紹納語
37 085
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Shona language" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shona language
19 162
2German (de)
Shona (Sprache)
1 617
3Spanish (es)
Idioma shona
739
4Polish (pl)
Język shona
476
5French (fr)
Shona (langue)
391
6Russian (ru)
Шона (язык)
324
7Chinese (zh)
紹納語
301
8Italian (it)
Lingua shona
269
9Japanese (ja)
ショナ語
257
10Ukrainian (uk)
Шона (мова)
183
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Shona language" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shona language
301
2German (de)
Shona (Sprache)
72
3French (fr)
Shona (langue)
60
4Italian (it)
Lingua shona
45
5Dutch (nl)
Shona (taal)
44
6Russian (ru)
Шона (язык)
37
7Portuguese (pt)
Língua xona
29
8Spanish (es)
Idioma shona
26
9Esperanto (eo)
Ŝona lingvo
24
10Finnish (fi)
Šonan kieli
22
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Shona language" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Basque (eu)
Shonera
1
2Hungarian (hu)
Sona nyelv
1
3Japanese (ja)
ショナ語
1
4Vietnamese (vi)
Tiếng Shona
1
5Arabic (ar)
لغة الشونا
0
6Azerbaijani (az)
Şona dili
0
7Belarusian (be)
Шона (мова)
0
8Bulgarian (bg)
Шона (език)
0
9Catalan (ca)
Xona
0
10Czech (cs)
Šonština
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Shona language" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Shona language
811
2Portuguese (pt)
Língua xona
214
3Arabic (ar)
لغة الشونا
212
4Dutch (nl)
Shona (taal)
207
5Polish (pl)
Język shona
188
6French (fr)
Shona (langue)
144
7Spanish (es)
Idioma shona
141
8Hindi (hi)
शोना भाषा
117
9Russian (ru)
Шона (язык)
109
10German (de)
Shona (Sprache)
108
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in June 2026:
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Popularity in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
لغة الشونا
azAzerbaijani
Şona dili
beBelarusian
Шона (мова)
bgBulgarian
Шона (език)
caCatalan
Xona
csCzech
Šonština
deGerman
Shona (Sprache)
elGreek
Γλώσσα Σόνα
enEnglish
Shona language
eoEsperanto
Ŝona lingvo
esSpanish
Idioma shona
etEstonian
Šona keel
euBasque
Shonera
faPersian
زبان شونا
fiFinnish
Šonan kieli
frFrench
Shona (langue)
glGalician
Lingua shona
hiHindi
शोना भाषा
hrCroatian
Shona jezik
huHungarian
Sona nyelv
idIndonesian
Bahasa Shona
itItalian
Lingua shona
jaJapanese
ショナ語
koKorean
쇼나어
ltLithuanian
Šonų kalba
nlDutch
Shona (taal)
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Språket sjona
noNorwegian
Sjona (språk)
plPolish
Język shona
ptPortuguese
Língua xona
ruRussian
Шона (язык)
simpleSimple English
Shona language
srSerbian
Шона (језик)
svSwedish
Shona
taTamil
சோனா மொழி
thThai
ภาษาโชนา
trTurkish
Şona dili
ukUkrainian
Шона (мова)
urUrdu
شونا زبان
viVietnamese
Tiếng Shona
zhChinese
紹納語

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#33079
07.2008
Global:
#52106
04.2026

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#353
05.2026
Global:
#9499
04.2012

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Shona from Wikipedia articles about Zendaya, Zimbabwe, Derek Chisora, Languages of Zimbabwe and Rhodesia. Whereas reading the article about Shona people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Shona people, Zimbabwe, Bantu, Mozambique and Shona languages.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

sv: Shona
ca: Xona

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