Runhare muchina unoshandiswa kuti vanhu vataure vose vari kure nekure; muchina uyu unofambisa mashoko semagetsi kubudikidza newaya. Runhare rwokutanga rwakagadzirwa nemurume ainzi Graham Bell kunyika yeUnited States of America mumakore emwaka wechikumi 1870. Pari nhasi runhare rwava muchina wakakoshesa pakufambiswa kwemashoko pakati pedzimba, makambani, mabhizimisi naimo muhushangazhi. Kwave nemhando yerunhare isangashandisi waya asi inoshandisa masaisai inonzi chizinganhare kana kuti cell phone kuEnglish. Makambani anoita zverunhare muZimbabwe anosanganisira: Africom, Telone, Econet, Telecel neNetone.* Ko iro izwi rokuti runhare rakambovepi? -nhara (turn up at some distant place). Chamapiwa akanhara kuJapan - Chamapiwa turned up in Japan. Nyakunhara, nhare kana nhara (something that turns up from a distance)? Runhare (thin wire). MaZulu vanoti inkulumakude kana ulucingo (n. telephone. Lit. what speaks afar) kureva runhare. Bwile vanoti mutali (adj. long) kureva kureba. Baila vanoti intale (iron binding on spear shaft) kureva simbi inosunga muromo wepfumo. VaYao vanoti kutalikanyana (to be distant from each other) vachireva kuti kutarangana. VaYao vanoti kutalika (to be distant) vachireva kuti kure.