The Tonga language of Mozambique, or Gitonga (spelled Guitonga in Portuguese) is a Bantu language spoken along the southern coast of the country. Often thought to be closest to Chopi to its south, the two languages have only a 44% lexical similarity.
| Tonga | |
|---|---|
| Tonga-Inhambane | |
| Gitonga | |
| Native to | Mozambique |
Native speakers | 330,000 (2017)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | toh |
| Glottolog | gito1238 |
S.62[2] | |
References
edit- ^ Tonga at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
External links
edit- Christian hymns, together with some of the Psalms of David in the language of the Ba Tonga, as spoken in the district of Inhambane, east Africa (1901)
- Ruthe. Samuele: Ruth, and I. Samuel, chapters I to IV, in the Gitonga language (1902)
- Itestamente lipya nya pfumu yatu Jesu Kristu: kanga ku lobidwego ki gitonga (1905)