{"id":22,"date":"2024-09-23T08:29:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T08:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/msu-language\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T10:43:21","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.msu.ac.zw\/msu-language-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"MSU National Language Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><b>A<\/b>bout Us<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To be a leading, one-stop, innovative, inclusive and technologically driven world class language research, consultancy and techno-scientific services centre dedicated to the development, modernisation and internationalisation of Zimbabwe for the empowerment of society and wealth creation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pursuant to its vision, MSUNLI is committed to conducting language research and offering techno- scientific services to its diverse stakeholders, locally, regionally and internationally.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Core Values<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hard work &#8211; Committed to results<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Teamwork &#8211; Collaborating with others<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Professionalism &#8211; Adhering to set standards<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inclusivity &#8211; Embracing diversity<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ubuntu\/ Hunhu &#8211; Being humble<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Motto<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Language for National Development<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Languages On Offer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"4dc3d52e-7f43-4084-9724-41e8763ae5e1\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<table style=\"height: 492px\" width=\"401\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><b>Zimbabwe\u2019s Officially Recognized Languages<\/b><\/th>\n<th><b>Foreign Languages<\/b><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Chewa<\/td>\n<td>&#8211; French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Barwe<\/td>\n<td>&#8211; Portuguese<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; English<\/td>\n<td>&#8211; German<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Kalanga<\/td>\n<td>&#8211; Spanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Koisan<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Nambya<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Ndau<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Ndebele<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Shangani<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Shona<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Sign Language<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Sotho<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Tonga<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Tswana<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Venda<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&#8211; Xhosa<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>ORGANOGRAM<\/b><\/p>\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-102 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.msu.ac.zw\/msu-language-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/09\/organogra.png\" alt=\"ORGANOGRAM\" width=\"768\" height=\"543\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us Vision To be a leading, one-stop, innovative, inclusive and technologically driven world class language research, consultancy and techno-scientific services centre dedicated to the development, modernisation and internationalisation of Zimbabwe for the empowerment of society and wealth creation. 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