Maambonyina

Pachinyorwa chino mazwi anoti maambonyina kana mitauronyina ari kushandiswa kuturikira chinonzi dialects kuEnglish, apa zvichireva mitauro yakafanana mazwi mazhinji zvokuti vatauri vanonzwanana, asi pachizoita mamwe mazwi akasiyana pakutaura nepakunyorwa. Somuenzaniso ChiShona chine mitauronyina inodarika minomwe. Ndiminyina kana maambonyina akabatanidzwa kuumba ChiShona anosanganisira: ChiKaranga, ChiManyika, Zezuru, ChiKorekore, Ndau, Budya, ChiTonga nemimwewo.

English ine miyambonyina yakawanda zvichienderana nenyika yacho inobva vatauri. Kune British English, American English, Australian English, South African English zvichingodaro. Somuenzaniso South African English ine mazwi anotevera asingawanikwe kuBritain: braai, naartjie, kopje, veld, kloof, kraal, boerwors zvichingodaro.

Mitauro yeBantu

Zita rokuti maambonyina rasarudzwa pano richitodza izwi rokuti kuamba rinowanikwa kuMitauro yeBantu sezvizvi:

• Lenje inoti kuamba (speech, utterance; expression) kureva kutaura. Mamwe Mazwi: chambo, shambo kana mwambo (mode of speaking; expression) kureva matauriro.
• Tonga inoti ku amba (to speak) kureva kutaura. Kaonde inoti kwamba (to speak) kureva kutaura. Baila vanoti mwambo (n. language) kureva mutauro.
• Chewa vanoti kuambira (admonition) kureva kuyambira. Kalanga inoti luambo (n. Language) kureva mutauro.

Muenzaniso weMusiyano

ChiZezuru	ChiManyika
vana	wana
kuvava	kuwawa
imba	mhatso
seiko	ngenyiko
mukomana	murumbwana (mukororo)
handei	hambai
kunyadzisa	kutsverudza
kuvanza	kutsvitsa
chibage	magwere
makudo	matiro
chivanze	chiwanze
muvakidzani	mubanze
chiso	hope
zhizha	maenza
mukwasha	mukwambo