Xitsonga

E25191
Bantu language Southern Bantu language natural language

Xitsonga is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Tsonga people in southern Africa, notably in South Africa, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Xitsonga canonical 24
Xitsonga (standard dialect) 2
Xitsonga language 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Southern Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternateName Tsonga language ⓘ
Xitsonga ⓘ
surface form: Xitsonga language
belongsToEthnicGroup Tsonga people ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Tsonga language ⓘ
surface form: Ronga language

Shangaan varieties ⓘ
Tswa language ⓘ
glottocode tson1249 ⓘ
hasDialects Ronga ⓘ
Tswa ⓘ
Xitsonga of Mozambique ⓘ
Xitsonga of South Africa ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
subject–verb–object word order ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasStandardizationBody Pan South African Language Board ⓘ
ISO639-1Code ts ⓘ
ISO639-2Code tso ⓘ
ISO639-3Code tso ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageIn South Africa ⓘ
isRecognizedMinorityLanguageIn Mozambique ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
primaryCountry Mozambique ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
region Gauteng ⓘ
surface form: Gauteng Province

Gaza Province ⓘ
Inhambane Province ⓘ
Limpopo Province ⓘ
Mpumalanga ⓘ
surface form: Mpumalanga Province

Southern Africa ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
surface form: Southern Mozambique
spokenBy Tsonga people ⓘ
subfamily Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
usedFor local administration ⓘ
music and songs ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
religious practice ⓘ
usedInEducationIn South Africa ⓘ
usedInMediaIn South Africa ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

South Africa → officialLanguage → Xitsonga ⓘ
Tshivenda → closelyRelatedTo → Xitsonga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xitsonga (Tsonga language)
National Council of Provinces → language → Xitsonga ⓘ
Xitsonga → alternateName → Xitsonga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xitsonga language
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Xitsonga ⓘ
Limpopo → hasOfficialLanguage → Xitsonga ⓘ
Mpumalanga → hasOfficialLanguage → Xitsonga ⓘ
Pan South African Language Board → languageScope → Xitsonga ⓘ
Limpopo Province → officialLanguage → Xitsonga ⓘ
Tsonga → alternativeName → Xitsonga ⓘ
Tsonga → alternativeName → Xitsonga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xitsonga language
Tsonga → hasDialect → Xitsonga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xitsonga (standard dialect)
Alexandra → languageUsed → Xitsonga ⓘ
Pilgrim’s Rest → language → Xitsonga ⓘ
Sekhukhune District Municipality → usesLanguage → Xitsonga ⓘ
Mahlamba Ndlopfu → nameLanguage → Xitsonga ⓘ
Tsonga language → alternativeName → Xitsonga ⓘ
Tsonga language → hasDialect → Xitsonga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Xitsonga (standard dialect)
Gaza Province → usedLanguage → Xitsonga ⓘ
Vhembe District Municipality → hasOfficialLanguage → Xitsonga ⓘ
Tswa language → closelyRelatedTo → Xitsonga ⓘ
Tswa language → sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith → Xitsonga ⓘ
Nkomazi region → language → Xitsonga ⓘ
Graskop → language → Xitsonga ⓘ
Soshanguve → usesLanguage → Xitsonga ⓘ
Black South African → hasLanguage → Xitsonga ⓘ
Nkangala District Municipality → hasOfficialLanguage → Xitsonga ⓘ
Stutterheim → nationalOfficialLanguage → Xitsonga ⓘ
Mbuzini, South Africa → hasLanguage → Xitsonga ⓘ