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.