Tsonga
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noun
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a member of a Negroid people of S Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa
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the language of this people, of the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family
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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 • Oct. 5, 2023
Vakhegula means "grandmothers" in the Tsonga language spoken in South Africa.
From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2023
Turning to Tsonga, with a tear in his eye, Ruud said, “You are the perfect example of what tennis players should be like and behave like.”
From Washington Post • May 24, 2022
At the time, with his foot speed, forehand and youth, it seemed self-evident that Tsonga would experience more such occasions.
From New York Times • May 24, 2022
“Just because they’re books, Mama,” I said, “doesn’t mean we use them at school. They’re written in languages we don’t use at school. Our school uses only the Tsonga language.”
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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