tsonga language

colspan="2" bgcolor="orange" style="font-size:120%"\|Tsonga
valign="top"\|Spoken in:	Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.
valign="top"\|Region:	Transvaal
valign="top"\|Total speakers:	1,646,000
valign="top"\|Ranking:	See http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/help/top-100-languages-by-population.html Not in top 100
valign="top"\|Genetic classification:	Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Narrow Bantu Tsonga
colspan="2" bgcolor="orange"\|Official status
valign="top"\|Official language of:	valign="top"\|South Africa
valign="top"\|Regulated by:	valign="top"\|-
colspan="2" bgcolor="orange"\|Language codes
a href="/encyclopedia/ISO-639" title="ISO 639">ISO 639-1	ts
SO 639-2	tso
a href="/encyclopedia/SIL" title="SIL">SIL	TSO

The Tsonga language is spoken in southern Africa by the Tsonga people, also known as the Shangaan.

Classification

Tsonga belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo languages.

Geographic distribution

Tsonga is spoken by about 1,646,000 people in South Africa's Limpopo province, as well as 1.5 million people in Mozambique, and 19,000 people in Swaziland. There are also 5 000 speakers in Zimbabwe.

Official status

Tsonga is an official language in South Africa.

External links

Ethnologue on Tsonga

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