Languages Spoken in South Africa - Tsonga

Infomation about the Tsonga language, one of South Africa's 11 official languages brought to you by Conference Venues South Africa.

The Tsonga or Xitsonga language is spoken in southern Africa by the Tsonga people, also known as the Shangaan. Tsonga belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo languages. Some people call them Shangaans, which according to them Tsongas is wrong because Shangaans are those who live in Mozambigue. Most of the Tsongaas now live in Giyani, a place in Limpopo province in South Africa.