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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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