Tsonga language

E135269

The Tsonga language is a Bantu language spoken primarily in southern Africa, especially in Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tsonga language canonical 3
Changana Tsonga 1
Lozi language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
Southern Bantu language
natural language
alternativeName Tsonga
Xitsonga
closelyRelatedTo Northern Sotho language
Ronga language
Swati language
Tswa language
Zulu language
linked to: Zulu
glottocode tson1249
hasBibleTranslation yes
hasDialect Changana
Hlengwe
N’walungu
Ronga
Tswa
linked to: Tswa language

Xitsonga (standard dialect)
linked to: Xitsonga
hasEthnologueEntry yes
hasNounClassSystem yes
iso639-1Code ts
iso639-2Code tso
iso639-3Code tso
languageFamily Bantu languages
linguisticTypology agglutinative language
tonal language
officialStatusIn South Africa
primaryCountry Eswatini
Mozambique
South Africa
Zimbabwe
region Southern Africa
regulator Pan South African Language Board
spokenIn Eswatini
Gauteng province
linked to: Gauteng

Limpopo province
linked to: Limpopo Province

Mozambique
Mpumalanga province
linked to: Mpumalanga

South Africa
Zimbabwe
status one of the 11 official languages of South Africa
subfamily Southern Bantu languages
Tswa–Ronga languages
usedFor broadcast media in South Africa
education in South Africa
religious activities
wordOrder SVO
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Xitsonga alternateName Tsonga language
Xitsonga closelyRelatedTo Ronga language
linked to: Tsonga language
Changana hasAlternativeName Changana Tsonga
linked to: Tsonga language
Tonga languages (southern Africa) hasMember Tonga language (Mozambique)
linked to: Tsonga language
Tonga languages (southern Africa) areCloselyRelatedTo Lozi language
linked to: Tsonga language
Tswa–Ronga languages hasPart Tsonga language
tso represents Tsonga language