Tsonga language

Tsonga (xitsonga in Tsonga) is a Bantu language spoken in southern Africa, specifically in the countries of Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa, by various ethnic groups.; among them the Tsonga Shangaan. This language is also sometimes called according to the ethnic subgroup that speaks it as Thonga, Tonga, Shangana, and Shangaan.

Tsonga is one of the official languages of South Africa.

Text example

Our Father in tsonga:

Tata wa hina la nge matilweni,

vito ra wena a ri hlawuleke;

a ku te ku smokes 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,

soihi loko na hina hi rivalela lava hi dyohelaka;

u nga hi yisi emiringweni,

kambe u hi ponisa eka Lowo biha,

Amen.