Alternate Names: Bamanyeka, Chimanyika, Manika, Wamanyika, Wanyika
Dialects: Bocha (Boka), Bunji, Bvumba, Domba, Guta, Here, Hungwe, Jindwi, Karombe, Nyamuka, Nyatwe, Unyama. A bit more divergent from Shona , than the Karanga, Zezuru, and Korekore dialects. Partially intelligible with Shona. Lexical similarity: 74%–81% with Ndau ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 861,000 in Zimbabwe (2000). Population total all countries: 1,025,000.
Language Use: Used as L2 by Barwe [bwg].
Language Development: NT: 1908.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Zimbabwe