TOH ISO 639-3
Tonga
guiTonga Autonym
A language of Mozambique
- ISO 639
- toh
- Alternate Names
- Bitonga, Gitonga, Guitonga, Inhambane, Shengwe, Tonga-Inhambane
- Autonym
- guiTonga
- Population
- 327,000 (2017).
- Location:
- Inhambane province: up to Morrumbane.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, S, Copi (S.62)
- Dialects
- Gitonga Gy Khogani, Nyambe (Cinyambe), Sewi (Gisewi). Lexical similarity: 44% with Chopi [cce].
- Language Development
- Bible: 2016.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Tonga
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Different from Tonga [tog] of Malawi and Tonga [toi] of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Inhambane province: up to Morrumbane.
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