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.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language → Southern Bantu language → natural language →
alternativeName	Xitsonga → Xitsonga language →
belongsToGuthrieZone	S50 →
closelyRelatedTo	Changana → Northern Sotho → Ronga → Tswa → Zulu →
country	Eswatini → Mozambique → South Africa → Zimbabwe →
ethnicGroup	Tsonga people →
glottocode	tson1249 →
hasBibleTranslation	Yes →
hasDialect	Changana → Ronga → Tswa → 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	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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Google Translate →	availableLanguage
Southern Bantu →	hasMemberLanguage
Swati →	hasNeighbouringLanguage
Venda →	hasNeighbouringLanguages
Mozambique →	hasSignificantLanguage
Samora Machel →	languageSpoken
Graça Machel →	languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned
Alexandra →	languageUsed
Ekurhuleni →	officialLanguage