Tsonga

American  

[tsong-guh] / ˈtsɒŋ gə /

Also Thonga,

noun

1. a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.

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Tsonga British  

/ ˈtsɒŋɡə /

noun

1. a member of a Negroid people of S Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa

2. the language of this people, of the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

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Example Sentences

Skukuza, which means "he who sweeps clean" in the Tsonga language, was the nickname given to the park's first warden, James Stevenson-Hamilton, who was known for driving out poachers and black communities that lived in the park in its early days, among other things.

From BBC

The human-voice clips, which were at conversational volume levels, came from radio or television recordings of people speaking the four most used languages in the region, including Tsonga, Northern Sotho, English, and Afrikaans.

From Science Daily

Vakhegula means "grandmothers" in the Tsonga language spoken in South Africa.

From Reuters

At Roland Garros, Ruud opened the tournament with a victory in an emotional match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga — the last of the Frenchman’s career in front of his home crowd — and will close it with a match against his idol.

From Washington Post

Amid rousing cheers and tearful tributes, France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retires after nearly toppling eight-seeded Casper Ruud in his French Open finale.

From Washington Post