Tsonga Tsonga

Tsonga - Definition and Overview
Tsonga
Spoken in: Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.
Region: Transvaal
Total speakers: 3,165,000
Ranking: See [1] (http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/help/top-100-languages-by-population.html) 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


Contents
1 Classification
2 Geographic distribution

2.1 Official status

3 External links

Classification

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 Swaziland. There are also 5 000 speakers in Zimbabwe.

Official status

Tsonga is an official language in South Africa.

External links

Wikipedia
Wikipedia articles written in this language are located at the
Tsonga language Wikipedia



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