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ISO 639-3 · tsctsc
Niger–Congo family

Tswa

Tswa is a language of the Tswa-Ronga branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Wikidata counts about 1.2 m speakers (2006).

5 · Developing1.2 m
Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
tsc
Glottocode
tswa1255
Wikipedia
10 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
—scripts
9levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameTswa
Also calledTswa language, Xitswa
All speakers1,200,000 (2006)

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Tswa

The branches above Tswa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch27Southern Bantubranch3Tswa-RongabranchtscTswalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Mozambique39 languages in the indexZimbabwe24 languages in the index

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 · DevelopingsswSwaziNiger–Congo · 2 m1 · NationalkdeMakondeNiger–Congo · 1.7 m5 · DevelopingkdnKundaNiger–Congo · 157,0006b · Threatened