Tsonga language
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Name (Latin)
Tsonga language
Other forms of name
Changana language
Gwamba language
Shangaan language
Shangana language
Shitsonga language
nne Thonga language
Tonga language (Tsonga)
Xichangana language
Xitsonga language
See Also From tracing topical name
Bantu languages
Ronga language
Tswa language
See Also From tracing place name
Mozambique
South Africa
Swaziland
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q34327
Library of congress:
sh 85138332
Sources of Information
- Ethnologue, 13th ed. (Internet ed.):under Mozambique (Tsonga, var. Shitsonga, Xitsonga, Thonga, Tonga, Gwamba) under South Africa (Tsonga, var. Shitsonga, Thonga, Tonga, Shangana, Shangaan) under Swaziland (Tsonga, var. Shitsonga, Xitsonga, Changana, Xichangana) under Tonga in Zambia (Different from Chitonga of Malawi, GiTonga of Mozambique, or Tsonga (Tonga) of Mozambique))
Wikipedia description:
Tsonga ( (T)SONG-gə), or Xitsonga ( shee-TSONG-gə) as an endonym (also known as Changana in Mozambique), is a Bantu language spoken by the Tsonga people of South Africa and Mozambique. It is mutually intelligible with Tswa and Ronga and the name "Tsonga" is often used as a cover term for all three, also sometimes referred to as Tswa-Ronga. The Xitsonga language has been standardised as a written language. Tsonga is an official language of the Republic of South Africa, and under the name Shangani it is recognised as an official language in the Constitution of Zimbabwe. All Tswa-Ronga languages are recognised in Mozambique. It is not official in Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland).
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