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Tonga (native name Chitonga) is a Bantu language spoken mainly in the Nkhata Bay District of Malawi. The number of speakers is estimated to be 170,000. According to the Mdawuku wa Atonga (MWATO) (formerly the Nkhata Bay Tonga Heritage) there are also significant numbers of speakers living elsewhere in Malawi and in neighbouring countries. Malawian Tonga is classified by Guthrie as being in Zone N15, whereas the Zambian Tonga is classified as Zone M64 and can thus be considered a different language.

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  • La tongaa lingvo estas bantua lingvo kun ĉirkaŭ 200.000 parolantoj en Malavio. Ĝia simbolo laŭ ISO 639-3 estas tog. Ekzistas aliaj lingvoj nomataj tonga lingvo en suda Afriko.La lingvo de Tongo estas la tongana lingvo. (eo)
  • Tonga (native name Chitonga) is a Bantu language spoken mainly in the Nkhata Bay District of Malawi. The number of speakers is estimated to be 170,000. According to the Mdawuku wa Atonga (MWATO) (formerly the Nkhata Bay Tonga Heritage) there are also significant numbers of speakers living elsewhere in Malawi and in neighbouring countries. The Tonga language of Malawi is described as "similar" to Tumbuka, and Turner's dictionary (1952) lists only those words which differ from the Tumbuka, with the added comment that "the Tonga folk, being rapid speakers, slur or elide the final syllable of many words, e.g. kulira becomes kuliya, kukura becomes kukuwa, kutoa becomes kuto’." Tonga (Nyasa), i.e. Malawian Tonga, is grouped in the Glottolog classification along with Tumbuka in a single group. Malawian Tonga is classified by Guthrie as being in Zone N15, whereas the Zambian Tonga is classified as Zone M64 and can thus be considered a different language. (en)
  • トンガ語(トンガご、トンガ語: Chitonga、英: Tonga language)は、マラウイで話されている言語でバントゥー語群に属する。話者数は2001年調査で17万人である。言語名別称として、Kitonga、Siska、Sisya、Western Nyasa。 (ja)
  • A língua tonga do Malawi é uma língua africana bantu falada por cerca de 170.000 falantes nativos no Malawi. Apesar do nome, não deve ser confundida com a língua tonga falada no Zimbabwe e na Zâmbia, com a qual não tem relação; e essas duas línguas também não devem ser confundidas com o guitonga, língua falada em Moçambique, nem com a língua falada no reino de Tonga, país da Oceania. A língua tonga do Malawi é falada principalmente no distrito de Nkhata Bay, no Malawi, nas margens do Lago Niassa (lá chamado Lago Malawi), de frente para as ilhas de Likoma e Chizumulu. É chamada, por seus próprios falantes, chiTonga. (pt)
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  • La tongaa lingvo estas bantua lingvo kun ĉirkaŭ 200.000 parolantoj en Malavio. Ĝia simbolo laŭ ISO 639-3 estas tog. Ekzistas aliaj lingvoj nomataj tonga lingvo en suda Afriko.La lingvo de Tongo estas la tongana lingvo. (eo)
  • トンガ語(トンガご、トンガ語: Chitonga、英: Tonga language)は、マラウイで話されている言語でバントゥー語群に属する。話者数は2001年調査で17万人である。言語名別称として、Kitonga、Siska、Sisya、Western Nyasa。 (ja)
  • Tonga (native name Chitonga) is a Bantu language spoken mainly in the Nkhata Bay District of Malawi. The number of speakers is estimated to be 170,000. According to the Mdawuku wa Atonga (MWATO) (formerly the Nkhata Bay Tonga Heritage) there are also significant numbers of speakers living elsewhere in Malawi and in neighbouring countries. Malawian Tonga is classified by Guthrie as being in Zone N15, whereas the Zambian Tonga is classified as Zone M64 and can thus be considered a different language. (en)
  • A língua tonga do Malawi é uma língua africana bantu falada por cerca de 170.000 falantes nativos no Malawi. Apesar do nome, não deve ser confundida com a língua tonga falada no Zimbabwe e na Zâmbia, com a qual não tem relação; e essas duas línguas também não devem ser confundidas com o guitonga, língua falada em Moçambique, nem com a língua falada no reino de Tonga, país da Oceania. A língua tonga do Malawi é falada principalmente no distrito de Nkhata Bay, no Malawi, nas margens do Lago Niassa (lá chamado Lago Malawi), de frente para as ilhas de Likoma e Chizumulu. (pt)
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  • Tongaa lingvo (eo)
  • トンガ語 (ニアサ) (ja)
  • Tonga language (Malawi) (en)
  • Tonga do Malawi (pt)
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