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The Tonga language of Zambia and Zimbabwe is a Bantu Language primarily spoken by the Tonga people in those countries who
live mainly in the Southern and Western provinces of Zambia, and in northern Zimbabwe, with a few in Mozambique. The language
is also spoken by the Iwe, Toka and Leya people, perhaps by the Kafwe Twa (if that is not Ila), as well as many bilingual
Zambians and Zimbabweans. It is one of the major lingua francas in Zambia, together with Bemba, Lozi and Nyanja. The Tonga
of Malawi is not particularly close. The Tonga speaking inhabitants are the oldest bantu settlers, with the Tumbuka, a small
tribe in the east, in what is known as Zambia. There two distinctive dialects of the Tonga, Valley Tonga and Plateau Tonga.
Valley Tonga is mostly spoken in the Zambezi valley and southern areas of the Batonga (Tonga People) while Plateau Tonga is
spoken more around Monze district and the nortern areas of the Batonga. Tonga (Chitonga or iciTonga) developed as a spoken
language and was not put into written form until missionaries arrived in the area. The language is not standardized, and speakers
of the same dialect may have different spellings for the same words once put into written text. At least some speakers have
a bilabial nasal click where neighboring dialects have /mw/, as in mwana 'child' and kumwa 'to drink'. Maho (2009) removes
Shanjo as a separate, and not very closely related, language. |
Names (more)[en] Dombe |
Language type : Living
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