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Preferred term

toiTonga  

Type

  • language

Definition

  • 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 Tonga, Ila, Iwe, Toka and Leya people, 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.

Entry terms

  • Tonga language
  • Tonga (Zambia)

ISO 639-3 code

  • toi

nearly same as

In other languages

  • Tongština

    Czech

  • Tonga

    Danish

  • Chitonga

    French

  • ChiTonga

    German

  • トンガ語

    Japanese

  • Lenga Tonga

    Piedmontese

  • Język tonga

    Polish

  • Língua tonga

    Portuguese

  • Tongčina

    Slovak

  • Kitonga

    Swahili

  • Tonga

    Swedish

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/toi

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