Tsonga

E70172

Bantu language Southern Bantu language natural language

Tsonga is a Bantu language spoken primarily in southern Africa, especially in Mozambique and South Africa, by the Tsonga (Xitsonga) people.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Tsonga canonical	18

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ Southern Bantu language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
alternativeName	Xitsonga ⓘ Xitsonga ⓘ surface form: Xitsonga language
belongsToGuthrieZone	S50 ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Changana ⓘ Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ surface form: Northern Sotho Ronga ⓘ Tswa ⓘ Zulu ⓘ
country	Eswatini ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Tsonga people ⓘ
glottocode	tson1249 ⓘ
hasBibleTranslation	Yes ⓘ
hasDialect	Changana ⓘ Ronga ⓘ Tswa ⓘ Xitsonga ⓘ surface form: Xitsonga (standard dialect)
hasGrammaticalFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ noun class system ⓘ subject–verb–object word order ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	five-vowel system ⓘ prenasalized consonants ⓘ tone ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	ts ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	tso ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	tso ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
linguasphereCode	99-AUT-a ⓘ
macrolanguageOf	Makhuwa ⓘ surface form: Tswa-Ronga cluster
nativeSpeakersApprox	over 10 million ⓘ
officialStatusIn	South Africa ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn	Eswatini ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
regulatingBody	Pan South African Language Board ⓘ
standardVarietyBasedOn	Xitsonga of Mozambique and South Africa ⓘ
subfamily	Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
usedIn	education in South Africa ⓘ radio broadcasting in South Africa ⓘ religious services in Mozambique ⓘ
writingStandardized	20th century ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

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

Mozambique → hasSignificantLanguage → Tsonga ⓘ

Google Translate → availableLanguage → Tsonga ⓘ

Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Tsonga ⓘ

Graça Machel → languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned → Tsonga ⓘ

Venda → hasNeighbouringLanguages → Tsonga ⓘ

Ekurhuleni → officialLanguage → Tsonga ⓘ

Swati → hasNeighbouringLanguage → Tsonga ⓘ

Samora Machel → languageSpoken → Tsonga ⓘ

Alexandra → languageUsed → Tsonga ⓘ

Changana → hasDialectContinuumWith → Tsonga ⓘ

Changana → closelyRelatedTo → Tsonga ⓘ

Tsonga language → alternativeName → Tsonga ⓘ

Tsonga people → ethnonym → Tsonga ⓘ

Ronga → closelyRelatedTo → Tsonga ⓘ

Ronga → languageContactWith → Tsonga ⓘ

Mamelodi → hasLanguage → Tsonga ⓘ

Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Council → hasOfficialLanguage → Tsonga ⓘ

Black South African → hasEthnicSubgroup → Tsonga ⓘ