The Shona language is full of interesting heteronyms i.e. Words that have same spelling but have different meanings when pronounced differently, it also has homonyms i.e. Words with the same spelling and and pronunciation but different meanings.
The breakdown in the video below is one of the most fascinating demonstrations:
I think the fact that the Shona language is a fusion of other dialects plays a part in words having a duality of meanings… I shared about how this may have come by in my previous article Origins Of The Shona
Another interesting example:
Denga – means the roof
Denga – can also mean the sky
Denga – can refer to the Heavens
Hold my coffee while I think up a crazy sentence about the roof over your head, the sky above you and the Heavens beyond….
Tell me something interesting about a language you know.
*Fun Fact: There are no letters L, X and Q in the Shona Language
~B
Becoming The Muse 
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