What is Tsonga language?
{{Infobox language |name=Tsonga |altname=Changana |nativename=''Xitsonga'' |states=[[Mozambique]], [[South Africa]], [[Swaziland]], [[Zimbabwe]] |region=[[Limpopo Province|Limpopo]], [[Mpumalanga]] |speakers=3.7 million |date=2006 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam4=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |fam5=[[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]] |fam6=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] |fam7=[[Southern Bantu]] |fam8=[[Tswa–Ronga languages|Tswa–Ronga]]? |nation={{flag|South Africa}} |iso1=ts|iso2=tso|iso3=tso |lingua=[http://linguasphere.info/?page=linguascale&linguacode=99-AUT-dc 99-AUT-dc] incl. varieties 99-AUT-dca...<br>-dcg |guthrie=S.53 (S.52) }} '''Tsonga''' is a language of [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] origin spoken primarily in [[South Africa]] and [[Mozambique]]. It is also known as Changana or Xangana. == Text example == The '''[[Lord's Prayer]]''' written in Tsonga: :Tata wa hina la nge matilweni, :vito ra wena a ri hlawuleke; :a ku te ku fuma ka wena; :ku rhandza ka wena a ku endliwe misaveni, :tanihi loko ku endliwa tilweni. :U hi nyika namuntlha vuswa bya hina bya siku rin'wana ni rin'wana; :u hi rivalela swidyoho swa hina, :tanihi loko na hina hi rivalela lava hi dyohelaka; :u nga hi yisi emiringweni, :kambe u hi ponisa eka Lowo biha, :Amen. ==References== {{InterWiki|code=ts}} {{reflist}} {{Languages of South Africa}} {{authority control}} {{stub}} [[Category:Bantu languages]] [[Category:Languages of South Africa]]