Ronga people

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The Ronga people are a Bantu-speaking ethnic group of southern Mozambique, closely related to the Tsonga, with distinct cultural traditions and language.

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Label Occurrences
Ronga people canonical 12

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people
ethnic group
closelyRelatedTo Tsonga people
coastalPresence Indian Ocean coast of Mozambique
colonialHistory Portuguese Mozambique
continent Africa
country Mozambique
culturalRegion Southern Africa
ethnicity Ronga
ethnolinguisticGroup Tsonga–Ronga
linked to: Bitonga
historicalInteraction Nguni groups
linked to: Nguni people

Portuguese colonists
kinshipSystem clan-based
language Ronga language
languageFamily Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
linguisticRelation Changana language
Tsonga language
livelihood labor migration
small-scale farming
macroEthnicCategory Tsonga peoples
linked to: Tsonga people
marriageCustom bridewealth
neighboringGroup Changana people
Tsonga people
Zulu people
oralTradition folktales
praise poetry
proverbs
primaryRegion southern Mozambique
region Limpopo River basin
Maputo Province
religion African traditional religion
Christianity
socialStructure patrilineal
traditionalCraft basketry
pottery
wood carving
traditionalDance communal dance
traditionalHousing thatched huts
traditionalMusic call-and-response singing
drumming
traditionalReligionElement ancestor veneration
spirit possession beliefs
traditionalSubsistence agriculture
animal husbandry
fishing
urbanCenter Maputo
Matola

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ronga usedByEthnicGroup Ronga people
Maputo Province hasMajorEthnicGroup Ronga people
Ronga language spokenBy Ronga people
Ronga language hasEthnicGroup Ronga people
Tswa-Ronga group usedBy Ronga people
XiRonga spokenBy Ronga people
XiRonga ethnicGroup Ronga people
Ronga language usedBy Ronga people
subject linked to: ShiRonga
GiRonga usedByEthnicGroup Ronga people
Tswa people closelyRelatedTo Ronga people