Tswa

TSC

developing

Alternate Names: Kitshwa, Sheetshwa, Shitshwa, Tshwa, Xitshwa, Xitswa

Dialects: Hlengwe (Khambana-Makwakwe, Khambani, Lengwe, Lhengwe, Makwakwe-Khambana, Shilengwe), Mandla, Ndxhonge, Nhayi, Tshwa (Dzibi-Dzonga, Dzivi, Dzonga-Dzibi, Xidzivi). Partially intelligible of Ronga , and Tsonga ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
S
Tswa-Rhonga (S.51)

Demographics: 1,160,000 in Mozambique (2006). Population total all countries: 1,180,000.

Language Use: Used as L2 by Chopi [cce].

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1910–1955.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mozambique