Mashanga izita remhuri rinowanikwa muZimbabwe. Pano panyorwa mazwi ari pedyo nezita iri kune mimwe mitauro yeChiBantu, asi zvinoreva zita zvigona kusiyana zvachose nemazwi ari pasi aya. Chinangwa ndechekutsvaga zvinoreva mazita, zvikurusei kana mazita aya asisiri kutaurwa mumutauro wemazuva ano. MaZulu vanoti uluhlanga kana izihlanga pakuwanda (Dry stalk (as of mealies, sorghum, etc) vachireva mashanga. MaZulu vanoti uluhlanga kana izihlanga pakuwanda (Tube (term applied to throat passage, pipe, etc.). Sokuti: uhlanga lomphimbo (the throat passage). MaZulu vanoti uluhlanga (Original stem or stock, ancestry, genealogy, dynasty). Sokuti: inkosi yohlanga (a chief of the original succession). MaZulu vanoti ilihlanga kana amahlanga pakuwanda (Harvested field in which the corn-stalks and stubble are still standing) vachireva mashanga. MaZulu vanoti ilihlanga kana amahlanga pakuwanda (Wasteful giver) vachireva munhu anopfachura pakupa.