Tonga language (Mozambique) explained

Tonga
Also Known As:Tonga-Inhambane
Nativename:Gitonga
States:Mozambique
Date:2017
Ref:e26
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu
Fam6:Southern Bantu
Iso3:toh
Glotto:gito1238
Glottorefname:Gitonga
Guthrie:S.62

The Tonga language of Mozambique, or Gitonga (spelled Guitonga in Portuguese) is a Bantu language spoken along the southern coast of the country. Often thought to be closest to Chopi to its south, the two languages have only a 44% lexical similarity.

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