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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 1556: 429:and the northern areas of the Batonga. 2157: 1623:. Dordrecht, Foris Publications, p. 48. 1576:. Lusaka, Zambia: Bookworld Publishers. 1167:Tonga or Chitonga follows the standard 14: 4432: 1611: 1609: 1571: 1520: 2938: 2669: 2476: 2131: 1863: 1711: 448: 376:. The language is also spoken by the 27:Bantu language of Zambia and Zimbabwe 1704:, Lubuto Library Special Collections 1621:Autosegmental Studies in Bantu Tone 1606: 94:1.5 million (2001–2010 census) 24: 4377:Languages between parentheses are 1485: 1453:The high tone on the tense-marker 390:group and is classified as M64 by 25: 4481: 1670: 1150: 1145: 1129: 1124: 1115: 1110: 1096: 1091: 1082: 1077: 1001: 993: 964: 956: 927: 920: 879: 873: 854: 846: 837: 830: 823: 816: 809: 793: 782: 775: 768: 761: 728: 719: 698: 691: 685: 676: 667: 646: 639: 633: 624: 615: 597: 590: 584: 575: 566: 538: 531: 520: 511: 1559:A dialectological study of Tonga 383:The language is a member of the 242: 219: 1654: 1639: 1626: 1528:New Updated Guthrie List Online 1344: 36:Tonga language (disambiguation) 4381:of the language on their left. 1634:Journal of African Linguistics 1597: 1580: 1574:An outline of Chitonga grammar 1565: 1550: 1541: 1532: 1029:At least some speakers have a 13: 1: 1479: 1397:has not affected the prefix. 441: 1242:Recent Past (Past of Today) 1136: 1103: 1070: 436: 400:Tonga language of Mozambique 7: 10: 4486: 1617:"Tone and Accent in Tonga" 1393:, whereas the low tone of 372:, with a few in northwest 29: 4363: 4300: 4235: 4200: 4171: 4106: 4059: 4052: 4007: 3972: 3955: 3896: 3830: 3791: 3784: 3745: 3632: 3615: 3550: 3543: 3498: 3363: 3286: 3221: 3138: 3079: 3014: 2985: 2978: 2916: 2890: 2719: 2703: 2627: 2601: 2510: 2384: 2368: 2232: 2181: 2165: 2107: 2066: 2034: 2007: 1985: 1948: 1885: 1854: 1836: 1818: 1790: 1781: 1745: 1648:Tone in Lexical Phonology 1275:Habitual Past Continuous 1045: 897: 863: 746: 684: 632: 583: 548: 505: 484: 479: 474: 467: 462: 455: 450: 409:in Zambia, together with 378:Iwe, Toka and Leya people 327: 311: 287: 261: 256: 232: 214:Official language in 212: 207: 186: 159: 98: 88: 74: 60: 53: 48: 43: 2924:Mozambican Sign Language 1739:Languages of the Pygmies 1662:African Language Studies 1557:Sibajene, Alick (2013). 1526:Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. 1389:has moved to the prefix 1169:Bantu language structure 1162: 356:primarily spoken by the 4450:Languages of Mozambique 2697:Languages of Mozambique 1702:Chitonga language books 1664:12: 1-30 and 14: 36-52. 1615:Goldsmith, John (1984) 1561:. 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1222: 1219: 1218: 1214: 1211: 1208: 1207: 1203: 1201:-(verb root) 1200: 1197: 1196: 1192: 1189: 1187: 1186: 1182: 1180:Tense marker 1179: 1176: 1175: 1172: 1170: 1156: 1153: 1148: 1144: 1142: 1140: 1137: 1132: 1127: 1123: 1121: 1118: 1113: 1109: 1107: 1104: 1099: 1094: 1090: 1088: 1085: 1080: 1076: 1074: 1071: 1067: 1064: 1062: 1059: 1057: 1054: 1052: 1051: 1040: 1036: 1032: 1028: 1025: 1022: 1019: 1016: 1013: 1012: 1007: 1004: 1000: 996: 991: 989: 987: 985: 983: 981: 978: 974: 973: 970: 967: 963: 959: 954: 952: 950: 948: 946: 944: 941: 937: 936: 933: 930: 926: 923: 919: 917: 915: 913: 911: 909: 906: 902: 900: 896: 893: 891: 889: 887: 885: 882: 876: 872: 870: 868: 866: 862: 857: 852: 849: 845: 843: 840: 836: 833: 829: 826: 822: 819: 815: 812: 808: 805: 801: 800: 796: 792: 790: 788: 785: 781: 778: 774: 771: 767: 764: 760: 758: 755: 751: 749: 745: 742: 740: 738: 736: 734: 731: 727: 725: 722: 718: 715: 712: 708: 707: 704: 701: 697: 694: 688: 682: 679: 675: 673: 670: 666: 663: 660: 656: 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Index

Tonga (Zambia) language
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

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