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Tsonga language
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294941886
STA
Approved
UPD
2016-12-16
DUT
Tsonga taal
IND
7
MIS
(327 S 53) 'Tsonga' is used to describe XiChangana, XiTswa, and XiRonga, although it is often used interchangeably with Changana, the most prestigious of the three. All are recognized as languages, although inherently intelligible (ethno).
PPN
294941886
UDC
496.358.5 496.3Tsonga 809.635.85
SN
Not the same language as Tonga spoken in Mozambique.
MRF
811.432.965.2
BT1
Bantu languages
Mozambican languages
South African languages
UF
Changana language
Gwamba language
Shangaan language
Shitsonga language
Thonga language
Xitsonga language
BSO
18.03.08 BENUE-CONGO LANGUAGES
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