Tsonga

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A language of South Africa

Location

Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces.

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Eswatini

Language NameTsonga

User Population

23,500 in Eswatini (2019).

Location

Scattered.

Alternate Names

Changana, Shitsonga, Vatsonga, Xichangana, Xitsonga

Language Status

5* (Dispersed).

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Mozambique

Language NameTsonga

User Population

4,200,000 in Mozambique (2017).

Location

Cidade de Maputo, Gaza, and Maputo provinces; Inhambane province: west.

Alternate Names

Gwamba, Shitsonga, Thonga, Tonga, Vatsonga, Xitsonga

Dialects

Bila (Vila), Changana (Changa, Hanganu, Hlanganu, Langanu, Shangaan, Shangana, Shilanganu, Xichangana), Jonga (Djonga, Dzonga), Ngwalungu (Shingwalungu).

Language Status

5* (Dispersed).

Other Comments

Christian, traditional religion.

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Zimbabwe

Language NameTsonga

User Population

100,000 in Zimbabwe (Hachipola 1998).

Location

Masvingo province, Chiredzi, Mwenezi, and Zaka districts; near Mozambique border.

Alternate Names

Gwamba, Shangani, Shitsonga, Thonga, Tonga, Vatsonga, Xitsonga

Dialects

Bila (Vila), Changana (Changa, Hanganu, Hlanganu, Langanu, Shangaan, Shangana, Shilanganu, Xichangana), Jonga (Djonga, Dzonga), Ngwalungu (Shingwalungu).

Language Status

5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (2013, Constitution, Article 6(1)).

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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