ISO 639-3 · tohtoh
Niger–Congo family
Tonga
Tonga is a language of the Southern Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Mozambique. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language spoken along the southern coast of Mozambique”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
toh- Glottocode
gito1238- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 9 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
8levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tonga |
|---|---|
| Also called | Tonga language, Gitonga language, Gitonga, Xitonga |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Tonga
The branches above Tonga, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Mozambique
porPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationalzulZuluNiger–Congo · 27.8 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mnyaChewaNiger–Congo · 12 m3 · Wider CommunicationsnaShonaNiger–Congo · 9 m3 · Wider CommunicationvmwMakhuwaNiger–Congo · 7.4 m5 · DevelopingtsoTsongaNiger–Congo · 4 m1 · NationalsswSwaziNiger–Congo · 2 m1 · NationalkdeMakondeNiger–Congo · 1.7 m5 · Developing