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Swazi |
Tsonga |
Zulu |
| Tsonga |
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| Indigenous Group |
Tsonga (Also known as: Shangaan, Tsonga-Shangaan) |
| Location |
Swaziland, in the mountains of Lubombo in the east of Swaziland. |
| Estimated Population |
19,000 (2004, TLFQ) |
| Environment |
Mountains / Plateau / Plain / Tropical / Arid |
| Lifestyle |
Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Paid Labor / Fishing |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional |
| Language Family |
Tsonga (Bantu language of the Nguni Group)
Classification: Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, S, Tswa-Ronga
Alternate names: Shitsonga, Xitsonga, Changana Xichangana |
| Website URLs |
Ethnologue : Tsonga, a language of Swaziland
CIA World Factbook, Swaziland
TLFQ, Kingdom of Swaziland
Joshua Project: Tsonga, Shangaan of Swaziland
Swaziland Environment Action Plan (SEAP)
Tsonga Culture and History
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| NGOs |
Yonge Nawe (Friends of the Earth – Swaziland)
UNDP Swaziland
Humanitarian Coordination Swaziland
SOS Children, Villages Worldwide
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