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Name:
Tswa
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Shitshwa; Kitshwa; Sheetshwa; Xitshwa; Tshwa
Spoken in:
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique
Number of speakers:
1,160,000 in Mozambique (2006). Population total all countries: 1,180,000
(Ethnologue)
Code:
tsc
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Tswa-Ronga (S.50); Group T.20 (tsrg)
Child Dialects:
Tshwa; Dzibi-Dzonga; Dzonga-Dzibi; Dzivi; Xidzivi; Tswa, şi- (tsc-tsh)
Hlengwe; Lengwe; Shilengwe; Lhengwe; Makwakwe-Khambana; Khambana-Makwakwe; Khambani; Hleŋgwe, şi- (tsc-hle)
Ndxhonge (tsc-ndx)
Nhayi (tsc-nha)
Mandla (tsc-man)

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