Tonga (Zimbabwe)

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Bantu language Southern Bantu language language

Tonga (Zimbabwe) is a Southern Bantu language spoken primarily by the Tonga people living along the Zambezi River in northern Zimbabwe and neighboring regions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chitonga (Zimbabwe) 1
Tonga (Zimbabwe) canonical 1
Zimbabwean Tonga 1

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Southern Bantu language ⓘ
language ⓘ
country Zimbabwe ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tonga people ⓘ
surface form: Tonga people (Zimbabwe)
hasAlternativeName Tonga (Zimbabwe) ⓘ
surface form: Chitonga (Zimbabwe)

Tonga (Zimbabwe) ⓘ
surface form: Zimbabwean Tonga
hasDialects varieties along the Zambezi valley ⓘ
hasGrammarFeature noun class system typical of Bantu languages ⓘ
hasMorphology agglutinative morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal language ⓘ
hasStatus minority language in Zimbabwe ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Tonga language (Malawi) ⓘ
Tonga language (Mozambique) ⓘ
Tongan language (Polynesian) ⓘ
isPartOf Zambezi Tonga linguistic continuum ⓘ
isRelatedTo Tonga (Zambia) ⓘ
surface form: Tonga language (Zambia)
isSpokenAlong Zambezi River ⓘ
isUsedFor daily communication among Tonga communities ⓘ
isUsedIn local education (some primary schools) ⓘ
local radio broadcasting ⓘ
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
neighboringLanguages Lozi ⓘ
Nambya ⓘ
Northern Ndebele ⓘ
surface form: Ndebele

Shona ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
sharesCultureWith Tonga people ⓘ
surface form: Tonga people (Zambia)
spokenBy Tonga people ⓘ
spokenIn Zambezi Valley ⓘ
surface form: Zambezi River valley

Zimbabwe ⓘ
northern Zimbabwe ⓘ
southern Zambia ⓘ
subclassOf Tonga languages (southern Africa) ⓘ
surface form: Tonga language (Bantu)

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Tonga (Zimbabwe) ⓘ
Tonga (Zimbabwe) → hasAlternativeName → Tonga (Zimbabwe) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitonga (Zimbabwe)
Tonga (Zimbabwe) → hasAlternativeName → Tonga (Zimbabwe) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zimbabwean Tonga