Tswa-Ronga group

E614290

The Tswa-Ronga group is a closely related cluster of Bantu languages spoken primarily in southern Mozambique and neighboring regions, encompassing varieties such as Tswa, Ronga, and Tsonga.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tswa-Ronga group canonical 1
Tswa–Ronga group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group ⓘ
Southern Bantu language cluster ⓘ
alternativeName Tswa-Ronga cluster ⓘ
Tswa-Ronga dialect cluster ⓘ
Tswa-Ronga languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Nguni languages ⓘ
Sotho-Tswana languages ⓘ
glottologCode tswa1252 ⓘ
glottologName Tswa-Ronga ⓘ
guthrieClassification S.50 ⓘ
guthrieZone S ⓘ
hasDialectContinuumWith neighboring Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
hasPart Changana variety ⓘ
Ronga language ⓘ
Shangaan variety ⓘ
Tsonga language ⓘ
Tswa language ⓘ
Xitsonga ⓘ
includesVariety rural Tsonga varieties ⓘ
urban Tsonga varieties ⓘ
iso6393Code tso (for Tsonga, a major member) ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu languages

Niger-Congo ⓘ
linguisticFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system typical of Bantu languages ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
tone used for lexical and grammatical distinctions ⓘ
partOf Southeastern Bantu languages ⓘ
primaryRegion southern Mozambique ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Eswatini ⓘ
Limpopo Province ⓘ
Mozambique ⓘ
Mpumalanga Province ⓘ
linked to: Mpumalanga

South Africa ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
southern Mozambique ⓘ
standardizedMember Xitsonga ⓘ
subclassOf Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
usedBy Ronga people ⓘ
Tsonga people ⓘ
Tswa people ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Tswa language → partOf → Tswa-Ronga group ⓘ
Changana language → subgroup → Tswa–Ronga group ⓘ
linked to: Tswa-Ronga group