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Lozwi people are an indegenious tribe that settled in Zimbabwe and traded with the Portuguese. Duento their link to Shona and Venda languages the L, are mispronounced as R, but it's an " L "in spelling. The lozwi people were known for their craftsmanship creating stone castles such is the great Zimbabwe ruins and the Khami ruines and farming. The lozwi are known for their rainmaking powers and well as being the hosts of the spirit of Mwari/ Mwali, which is God in an international language.

The lozwi people are connected to kalanga/karanga,Venda and Nambya. Today due to end of of their kingship, they are found amongst other ethnic tribes and no longer speak their language, which would have been a dialect of kalanga/Karanga, Nambya and Venda. They are mostly found amongst the Ndebele people of Zimbabwe, Kalanga/karanga people, Bapedi (balobedu), BaVenda, BaSotho and Batsonga (Mathebula and Baloyi clan).

The lozwi people are know as Rozwi by Karanga, which is a Shona dialect. The kingdom was re established in 2019, after the spiritual callings through prophets and rain. The lozwi were not known as peaceful people but as business people and leaders. It is known that the kingdom of VuLozwi was destroyed by the Mwari and was established by Mwari.

The most prominent Lozwi surname is Moyo, any, this was a totem of a lozwi people. Surnames such as Moyo, Mabwe, Maboe,Mabge, Magwe, Shai, Sai, Dewa, Thobela, Baloyi and Mathebula are Lozwi surnames. It is important to know although this tribe no no longer has a language of their own, they are still in full existence and acknowledge their history and where the come from and who they are. Lozwi people are now dispersed all over Southern Africa, There is only one text of Lozwi language that was transcribed - The lozwi saying is Bge halimhanye, meaning a stone does not run. In times of trouble mulozwi is a fighter.

The lozwi language exists in the names of places, luswingo Maswingo, Matopo, Njelele, Mutale, Thohoyandou, Lembeu, these are names of Lozwi places and also the names of honor to their kings which in Lozwi were called Mambo, thohoyandou, (head of an elephant)