Tswa-Ronga group

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The Tswa-Ronga group is a closely related cluster of Bantu languages spoken primarily in southern Mozambique and neighboring regions, encompassing varieties such as Tswa, Ronga, and Tsonga.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tswa-Ronga group canonical 1
Tswa–Ronga group 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group
Southern Bantu language cluster
alternativeName Tswa-Ronga cluster
Tswa-Ronga dialect cluster
Tswa-Ronga languages
closelyRelatedTo Nguni languages
Sotho-Tswana languages
glottologCode tswa1252
glottologName Tswa-Ronga
guthrieClassification S.50
guthrieZone S
hasDialectContinuumWith neighboring Southern Bantu languages
hasPart Changana variety
Ronga language
Shangaan variety
Tsonga language
Tswa language
Xitsonga
includesVariety rural Tsonga varieties
urban Tsonga varieties
iso6393Code tso (for Tsonga, a major member)
languageFamily Bantu
linked to: Bantu languages

Niger-Congo
linguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
noun class system typical of Bantu languages
rich verbal morphology
tone used for lexical and grammatical distinctions
partOf Southeastern Bantu languages
primaryRegion southern Mozambique
region Southern Africa
spokenIn Eswatini
Limpopo Province
Mozambique
Mpumalanga Province
linked to: Mpumalanga

South Africa
Zimbabwe
southern Mozambique
standardizedMember Xitsonga
subclassOf Bantu languages
Niger-Congo languages
usedBy Ronga people
Tsonga people
Tswa people
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Tswa language partOf Tswa-Ronga group
Changana language subgroup Tswa–Ronga group
linked to: Tswa-Ronga group