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| Tsonga (') | |
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| Spoken in: | Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe. |
| Region: | Transvaal |
| Total speakers: | 3,165,000 |
| Ranking: | See Not in top 100 |
| Genetic classification: | Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo |
| Regulated by: | - |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ts |
| ISO 639-2 | tso |
| SIL | TSO |
Tsonga belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo languages.
Tsonga is spoken by about 1,646,000 people in South Africa's Transvaal province, as well as 1.5 million people in Mozambique, and 19,000 people in Swaziland. There are also some speakers in Zimbabwe.
Tsonga is an official language in South Africa.
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