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Tonga language (Zambia)

NameTonga
FamilycolorNiger-Congo
StatesZambia, Zimbabwe
Speakers1,517,000 one of the key lingua franca in Zambia and parts of Zimbabwe and Mozambique)
Fam2Atlantic � Congo
Fam3Benue � Congo
Fam4Bantoid
Fam5Bantu
Fam6Botatwe
NationZambia
Iso3toi

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The Tonga language of Zambia and Zimbabwe is a Bantu Language primarily spoken by the Tonga people in those countries who live mainly in the Southern and Western provinces of Zambia, and in northern Zimbabwe, with a few in Mozambique. The language is also spoken by the Tonga, Ila, Iwe, Toka and Leya people, as well as many bilingual Zambians and Zimbabweans. It is one of the major lingua francas in Zambia, together with Bemba, Lozi and Nyanja. The Tonga of Malawi is not particularly close.


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