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Tsonga
Spoken in: Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.
Region: Transvaal
Total speakers: 3,165,000
Ranking: See [1] Not in top 100
Genetic
classification: 		Niger-Congo

  Atlantic-Congo
   Volta-Congo
    Benue-Congo
     Bantoid
      Narrow Bantu
      Tsonga

Official status
Official language of: South Africa
Regulated by: -
Language codes
ISO 639-1ts
ISO 639-2tso
SILTSO



1 Classification

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

2 Geographic distribution

Tsonga is spoken by about 3,646,000 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.

2.1 Official status

Tsonga is an official language in South Africa.


3 External links

Bantu languagesBantu is a language family that belongs to the Niger-Congo group. Bantu languages are spoken in South Cameroon, in Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namib Languages of Mozambique Languages of South AfricaSouth Africa has 11 official languages, which is second in numbers only to India. It also recognises 8 non-official languages. Official Languages English Afrikaans Zulu Xhosa Ndebele Northen Sotho Southern Sotho Tswana Swazi Venda Tsonga Other languages T Languages of Swaziland Languages of Zimbabwe





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Tsonga languageClassification Tsonga belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo languages. Geographic distribution Tsonga is spoken by about 3,646,000 people in South Africa's Limpopo province, as well as 1. 5 million people in Mozambique, and 19,000 people in Swazi  
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