Tsonga language

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Tsonga_language

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:language
gptkbp:alphabet	Tsonga alphabet
gptkbp:descendedFrom	gptkb:Proto-Bantu
gptkbp:filmingLocation	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:firstDocumented	19th century
gptkbp:glottologCode	tso tson1249
gptkbp:hasBibleTranslation	Yes
gptkbp:hasDialects	gptkb:Xitsonga gptkb:Xigwamba gptkb:Xirhonga gptkb:Xitshwa
gptkbp:hasNewspaper	Yes
gptkbp:hasStation	Yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Tsonga language
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code	ts
gptkbp:ISO639-3	tso
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkbp:linguisticTypology	agglutinative
gptkbp:nativeName	gptkb:Xitsonga
gptkbp:notableBook	Tsonga literature
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	over 12 million
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:regulates	gptkb:Pan_South_African_Language_Board
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Swati_language gptkb:Venda_language gptkb:Zulu_language gptkb:Tswana_language gptkb:Shangaan_language
gptkbp:spokenIn	gptkb:Eswatini gptkb:Mozambique gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:Zimbabwe
gptkbp:status	official language in South Africa
gptkbp:subfamily	Southern Bantu languages
gptkbp:supportsLanguage	ts
gptkbp:teaches	Yes
gptkbp:usedByEthnicGroup	gptkb:Tsonga_people
gptkbp:usedInEducation	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Sotho-Tswana_languages gptkb:Tsonga_people
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6