Tonga language (Zambia and Zimbabwe)

Spoken in

• Niger - Congo languages Benue - Congo languages Bantoide languages Südbantoide spoke Bantu languages group M Lenje - Tonga Chitonga

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ChiTonga (hence means language of Tonga and Tonga ) is a Bantu language of the people of Tonga on the middle reaches of the Zambezi River in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique and in Malawi and Tanzania at the northern Malawi.

The languages ​​of both regions differ considerably, even if they have the same name.

In Zambia, speaking 1.38 million, 300,000 in Zimbabwe, Mozambique very few Chitonga. In Malawi, there are 170,000 in Tanzania and this number is unknown. In Zambia ChiTonga is next to Bemba and Nyanja ( Chichewa ) one of the most spoken languages.

• Single language
• Bantu languages