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Tsonga people

The Tsonga people (Tsonga: Vatsonga) are a Bantu ethnic group primarily native to Southern Mozambique and South Africa (Limpopo and Mpumalanga). They speak Xitsonga, a Southern Bantu language. A very small number of Tsonga people are also found in Zimbabwe and Northern Eswatini. The Tsonga people of South Africa share some history with the Tsonga people…

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Eswatini
26,000
Mozambique
5,807,000
South Africa
3,300,000
Zimbabwe
353,000

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Notable Tsonga people

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Tsonga people

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Triples415
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related to Notable Tsonga people · 123
Tsonga people → AI, Akani Simbine, Armando Guebuza, Benny Mayengani, Black Like Me, Botswana, Brian Baloyi, Bruce Bvuma, Businessman, Cassius Baloyi, Charles Daniel Marivate, City, Club DJ, Collins Chabane, Cooperation, Daniel Cornel Marivate, David Mathebula, Deputy President, Director, DJ
related to Conflicts and naming conventions · 81
Tsonga people → Africa, African, Another, Back, Baloyi, Central Africa, Chopi, Djonga, Dzavana, East, Gulukhulu, Gunyule, Gwamba, Gwambe, Historical, Hlengwe, In, In South Africa, Indeed, Kalanga
related to Clan structures · 56
Tsonga people → Baloyi, Barozwi, Chief Minister, Chopi, Dlamini, Dzavana, Gazankulu, Gazankulu Homeland, Gumedes, Gunyule, Gwambe, Henry, Historical, However, Hudson Ntsanwisi, It, Junod, Kalanga, Kwazulu-Natal, Language
related to history · 37
Tsonga people → Before, Early, Great Zimbabwe, Henri Philipe, Henri-Alexandre Junod, HP, Joao Albasini, Junod, Mabunda, Matimu, Modjadji, Mozambique, Mpfumo, Nkomati, Nkuna, Nyembana, One, Parts, Rhonga, South Africa
related to Culture · 32
Tsonga people → Benny Mayengani, DJ Khwaya, English, Europe, Fanny Mpfumo, General MD Shirinda, Hogo, Joe Shirimani, Khomba, Limpopo River, Makhwaya, Matshwa Bemuda, Mchongolo, Ngoma, Nozinja, Only, Penny Penny, Peta Teanet, Shangaan, South Africa
related to Name · 25
Tsonga people → Chopi, Constitutionally, Eswatini, Mozambique, Other, Rhonga, Sesotho, Shangaan, Sothos, South Africa, South African Shangaan, South Africans, The, The Constitution, There, Tonga, Tshivenda, Tsonga, Tswa, Vatsonga
related to Traditional beliefs and healers · 19
Tsonga people → Among, Bantu, Cow, Dunga Manzi, If, Legend, Like, Ndhzhundzhu, Nkomo We Lwandle, Nzunzu, Ocean, Once, South African, Stirring Waters, The, They, Tsonga, Tsongas, When
related to Language · 17
Tsonga people → According, Ernest Creux, Henri Junod, It, Junod, Paul Berthoud, Republic, South Africa, Spelonken, Swiss Missionaries, The, The Tsonga, There, These Swiss Missionaries, Thonga, Tsonga, Xitsonga
Eswatini · 1
Tsonga people → 26,000
Mozambique · 1
Tsonga people → 5,807,000

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tsonga people south africa language mozambique tribes also shangaan xitsonga traditional southern within nguni thonga various zimbabwe name african parts

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Tsonga peopleEswatini26,0001.00infobox
Tsonga peopleMozambique5,807,0001.00infobox
Tsonga peopleSouth Africa3,300,0001.00infobox
Tsonga peopleZimbabwe353,0001.00infobox
the Mpfumo who belong to the Rhonga clan within the wider Tsongainstance ofEarly tribes identified are names0.80text
the Malulekeinstance ofof Gunyule and Dzavana who are also related to the Tsonga people of South Africa0.80text
Shivambuinstance ofof Gunyule and Dzavana who are also related to the Tsonga people of South Africa0.80text
Mhingainstance ofof Gunyule and Dzavana who are also related to the Tsonga people of South Africa0.80text
and Mulamulainstance ofof Gunyule and Dzavana who are also related to the Tsonga people of South Africa0.80text
and still regard themselves as part of the larger Thonga/Tonga groupinstance ofof Gunyule and Dzavana who are also related to the Tsonga people of South Africa0.80text
Xin'walunguinstance ofand they had already been speaking the Xitsonga language through dialects0.80text
Xihlanganuinstance ofand they had already been speaking the Xitsonga language through dialects0.80text

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