Tsonga

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsɒŋɡə/, /ˈsɒŋɡə/

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋɡə

Noun

Tsonga pl (plural only)

1. A large group of people who live in northern South Africa and southern Mozambique.

Translations

person

• Dutch: Shangaan c
• French: Tsonga (fr) m
• German: Tsonga (de)
• Russian: тсо́нга (ru) m or f (tsónga)
• Spanish: tsonga m
• Tsonga: matsonga, vatsonga pl, machangana pl

Proper noun

Tsonga

1. The Bantu language spoken by these people.

Translations

language

• Dutch: Tsonga (nl)
• French: tsonga (fr) m
• German: Xitsonga (de) n
• Portuguese: changana (pt), tsonga (pt)
• Russian: тсо́нга (ru) m (tsónga)
• Spanish: tsonga m
• Tsonga: xitsonga

See also

• Shangaan

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ts, ISO 639-3 code tso (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Tsonga, tso ⁠

Anagrams

• Gaston, Gatson, Sontag, gaston, sontag, tags on, tangos, tongas