Tonga

E408975
Bantu people ethnic group

The Tonga are an ethnic group of southern Africa, primarily found along the Zambezi River in Zambia and Zimbabwe, with distinct Bantu languages and cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Tonga canonical 8
BaTonga 2
Plateau Tonga 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
affectedBy construction of Kariba Dam ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tonga ⓘ
surface form: BaTonga

Bitonga ⓘ
surface form: Batonga
artForm basket weaving ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor veneration ⓘ
initiation rites ⓘ
rainmaking ceremonies ⓘ
spirit possession rituals ⓘ
culturalRegion Zambezi Valley ⓘ
displacementEvent flooding of the Gwembe Valley ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Zambia ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
surface form: southern Africa
ethnolinguisticGroup Tonga people ⓘ
surface form: Tonga people of Zambia and Zimbabwe
kinshipSystem patrilineal ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
linguisticBranch Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
linguisticSubgroup Bantu languages of Zambia ⓘ
Bantu languages of Zimbabwe ⓘ
mainRiver Zambezi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicTradition call-and-response singing ⓘ
ngoma drumming ⓘ
neighboringEthnicGroups Lozi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ndebele people ⓘ
Shona people ⓘ
primaryRegion Zambezi Valley ⓘ
surface form: Zambezi River valley
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socialOrganization village-based chiefdoms ⓘ
speaks Tonga language (Zambia and Zimbabwe) ⓘ
subregion Southern Africa ⓘ
traditionalCrops cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
traditionalEconomy cattle herding ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalLeadership chiefs ⓘ
headmen ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Zambezi Valley ⓘ
surface form: Middle Zambezi valley

Northern Zimbabwe ⓘ
Southern Province, Zambia ⓘ
surface form: Southern Zambia

Referenced by (11)

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

Matabeleland → demographicGroup → Tonga ⓘ
Tonga (Zambia) → hasDialects → Tonga ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plateau Tonga
Tonga people → alsoKnownAs → Tonga ⓘ
this entity surface form: BaTonga
Lusaka Province → language → Tonga ⓘ
The Sign of Four → featuresCharacter → Tonga ⓘ
Southern Province, Zambia → languageSpoken → Tonga ⓘ
Mazabuka → languageUsed → Tonga ⓘ
Northern Rhodesia → majorEthnicGroups → Tonga ⓘ
Itezhi-Tezhi District → languageUsed → Tonga ⓘ
Itezhi-Tezhi town → languageUsed → Tonga ⓘ
subject surface form: Itezhi-Tezhi
Tonga → alsoKnownAs → Tonga ⓘ
subject surface form: Tonga (southern Africa)
this entity surface form: BaTonga