Tonga language (Nyasa)
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Name (Hebrew)
שפת טונגה (ניאסה)
Name (Latin)
Tonga language (Nyasa)
Name (Arabic)
لغة تونغا (نياسا)
Other forms of name
Chi-Tonga language (Nyasa)
Kitonga language
Siska language
Sisya language
Western Nyasa language
Western Tonga language
See Also From tracing topical name
Bantu languages
Tumbuka language
See Also From tracing place name
Malawi
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q3847648
Library of congress:
sh 85135981
Sources of Information
- Ethnologue, 13th ed. Internet ed.(Ethnologue lists 5 separate Tonga langs--3 in Africa, 1 in Thailand, Malaysia, 1 in Tonga Islands, and 27 dialects) under Malawi (Tonga (Chitonga, Siska, Sisya, Western Nyasa, Kitonga) [TOG] 220,000 (1993 Johnstone). North of Bandawe, west shore of Lake Malawi, Northern Province. Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, N, Manda (N. 10). Different from Chitonga of Zimbabwe and Zambia and GiTonga of Mozambique.)
- Biebuyck, D. African ethnonyms, 1996:p. 258 (lists Tonga (Cameroun, note: Bantoid lang., incl. in the collective term Bamileke); Tonga (Malawi, note: Bantu language, related to Tumbuka); sometimes referred to as Lakeshore Tonga; not to be confused with the Tonga of Mozambique, and the Tsonga who are also known as Thonga; Tonga (Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe). Var. Thonga, Toka, Tonka, note: Bantu lang. The names has been applied to a number of people sharing a common culture and language, spread over a vast area along the Zambesi River and throughout parts of Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa. They are sometimes grouped as 1. Northern (or Zambezi) Tonga, 2. Western (or Nyasa) Tonga and 3. Shona Tonga. The Northern Tonga are divided into the Plateau Tonga, the Southern Tonga (or Toka) and the Valley Tonga (or We). They are sometimes grouped with the Ila and referred to as Ila-Tonga.)
- 96980641: Kashoki, M.E. Loanwords in Lozi, Nyanja and Tonga : a preliminary presentation, c1994.