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Name: Tsonga
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Shitsonga; Thonga; Tonga; Shangana; Shangaan; Xitsonga; Gwamba; Changana; Xichangana
Spoken in: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mozambique
Number of speakers: 1,940,000 in South Africa (2006), increasing. Population total all countries: 3,669,000 (Ethnologue)
Code: tso
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup: Tswa-Ronga (S.50) (tsrg)
Child Dialects: Jonga; Dzonga; Djonga (tso-jon) Kande (tso-kan) Nkuma (tso-nku) Gwamba; Gwapa (tso-gwa) Changana; Xichangana; Changa; Shangaan; Hlanganu; Hanganu; Langanu; Shilanganu; Shangana (tso-cha) Bila; Vila (tso-bil) Songa (tso-son) Hlave (tso-hla) Luleke; Xiluleke (tso-lul) Nhlanganu; Shihlanganu (tso-nhl) N'walungu; Shingwalungu; Ngwalungu (tso-nwa) Xonga (tso-xon)

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