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Tonga language (Zambia and Zimbabwe)

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Tonga developed as a spoken language and was not put into written form until missionaries arrived in the area in the 19th century. Although there are a growing number of publications in the language, it is not completely standardized, and speakers of the same dialect may have different spellings for
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language, with high and low-toned syllables. The placement of the tones is complex and differs from that of other Bantu languages; for example, a syllable which is low in Tonga may be high in the cognate word in other Bantu languages and vice versa. Several scholars, beginning with
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among others, as well as many bilingual Zambians and Zimbabweans. In Zambia Tonga is taught in schools as first language in the whole of Southern Province, Lusaka and Central Provinces.
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The above example of a noun is relatively easy to explain. However, the tones of the verbal system are more complex. An example of one of the puzzles discussed by both
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One feature of the tonal system is that high tones tend to get disassociated from their original place and move to the left, as is illustrated in these examples:
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Mweenzu Wafwulwe Ulalila Bowa (An Advanced Chitonga Language Course), R.N. Moonga and F.W. Wafer, Zambia Educational Publishing House, 1997, p. v
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Post-alveolar affricates /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, ⁿd͡ʒ/ can also be heard as palatal stops in free variation among dialects.
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Carter, Hazel (1971) and (1972). "Morphotonology of Zambian Tonga: Some Developments of Meeussen's System".
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A Practical Introduction to Chitonga, C.R. Hopgood, 1992 Edition, Zambia Educational Publishing House, p. x
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is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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valley and southern areas of the Batonga while Plateau Tonga is spoken more around
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in 1963, have tried to discover the rules for where to place the tones.
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First person "ndi" doing something s/he shouldn't be doing "kukuta"
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Tenses taken from Peace Corps Zambia Trainee's Book: Tonga, 2003
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in the fourth verb is puzzling. If it comes from the verb root
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Meeussen, A.E. (1963) "Morphotonology of the Tonga Verb",
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Features, Segmental Structure & Harmony Processes,
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N. and John Goldsmith 1545: 418:and the northern areas of the Batonga. 2146: 1612:. Dordrecht, Foris Publications, p. 48. 1565:. Lusaka, Zambia: Bookworld Publishers. 1156:Tonga or Chitonga follows the standard 4421: 1600: 1598: 1560: 1509: 2927: 2658: 2465: 2120: 1852: 1700: 437: 365:. The language is also spoken by the 16:Bantu language of Zambia and Zimbabwe 1693:, Lubuto Library Special Collections 1610:Autosegmental Studies in Bantu Tone 1595: 83:1.5 million (2001–2010 census) 13: 4366:Languages between parentheses are 1474: 1442:The high tone on the tense-marker 379:group and is classified as M64 by 14: 4470: 1659: 1139: 1134: 1118: 1113: 1104: 1099: 1085: 1080: 1071: 1066: 990: 982: 953: 945: 916: 909: 868: 862: 843: 835: 826: 819: 812: 805: 798: 782: 771: 764: 757: 750: 717: 708: 687: 680: 674: 665: 656: 635: 628: 622: 613: 604: 586: 579: 573: 564: 555: 527: 520: 509: 500: 1548:A dialectological study of Tonga 372:The language is a member of the 231: 208: 1643: 1628: 1615: 1517:New Updated Guthrie List Online 1333: 25:Tonga language (disambiguation) 4370:of the language on their left. 1623:Journal of African Linguistics 1586: 1569: 1563:An outline of Chitonga grammar 1554: 1539: 1530: 1521: 1018:At least some speakers have a 1: 1468: 1386:has not affected the prefix. 430: 1231:Recent Past (Past of Today) 1125: 1092: 1059: 425: 389:Tonga language of Mozambique 7: 10: 4475: 1606:"Tone and Accent in Tonga" 1382:, whereas the low tone of 361:, with a few in northwest 18: 4352: 4289: 4224: 4189: 4160: 4095: 4048: 4041: 3996: 3961: 3944: 3885: 3819: 3780: 3773: 3734: 3621: 3604: 3539: 3532: 3487: 3352: 3275: 3210: 3127: 3068: 3003: 2974: 2967: 2905: 2879: 2708: 2692: 2616: 2590: 2499: 2373: 2357: 2221: 2170: 2154: 2096: 2055: 2023: 1996: 1974: 1937: 1874: 1843: 1825: 1807: 1779: 1770: 1734: 1637:Tone in Lexical Phonology 1264:Habitual Past Continuous 1034: 886: 852: 735: 673: 621: 572: 537: 494: 473: 468: 463: 456: 451: 444: 439: 398:in Zambia, together with 367:Iwe, Toka and Leya people 316: 300: 276: 250: 245: 221: 203:Official language in 201: 196: 175: 148: 87: 77: 63: 49: 42: 37: 32: 2913:Mozambican Sign Language 1728:Languages of the Pygmies 1651:African Language Studies 1546:Sibajene, Alick (2013). 1515:Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. 1378:has moved to the prefix 1158:Bantu language structure 1151: 345:primarily spoken by the 4439:Languages of Mozambique 2686:Languages of Mozambique 1691:Chitonga language books 1653:12: 1-30 and 14: 36-52. 1604:Goldsmith, John (1984) 1550:. University of Zambia. 1505:(subscription required) 1491:(subscription required) 1457:Some scholars, such as 1253:Recent Past Continuous 1220:Habitual Present Tense 394:It is one of the major 21:Tonga language (Malawi) 4377:Guthrie classification 2960:Guthrie classification 1561:Carter, Hazel (2002). 1267:-akali-ku-(verb root) 296:  Toka-Leya-Dombe 4449:Languages of Zimbabwe 2493:Languages of Zimbabwe 2365:Zambian Sign Language 1416:'they are looking at' 1302:-ya-ku-(verb root)-a 1234:-ali-(verb root)-ide 2709:Indigenous languages 2591:Unofficial languages 2222:Indigenous languages 1313:-niku-(verb root)-a 1256:-ali-ku-(verb root) 1020:bilabial nasal click 4444:Languages of Zambia 2880:Immigrant languages 2617:Immigrant languages 2374:Immigrant languages 2148:Languages of Zambia 1634:Pulleyblank (1983) 1577:Harry van der Hulst 1397:can be seen below: 1209:Present Continuous 1201:-a-(verb root)-ide 223:Recognised minority 4459:Tone (linguistics) 2507:Zimbabwean English 2500:Official 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Index

Tonga language (Malawi)
Tonga language (disambiguation)
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Tonga
Kafwe Twa
Language family
Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Botatwe
Writing system
Latin
Tonga Braille
Zimbabwe
Zambia
ISO 639-3
toi
dov
Glottolog
tong1318
domb1246
Guthrie code
ELP
Dombe
Bantu language
Tonga people
Zambia

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