Shangaan

/ ˈʃaŋɡɑːn /

noun

1. a member of any of the Tsonga-speaking Bantu peoples settled in Mozambique and NE Transvaal, esp one who works in a gold mine

Example Sentences

In the videos studied by Amnesty, the soldiers speak Portuguese and Shangaan, a language from southern Mozambique.

From Washington Times

The Shangaan tribal people, who live near the trust, revere the white lions and believe they came from the stars, Barrett said.

From Washington Times

Shimuwini is Shangaan for “home of the baobab” and refers to the huge 3,000-year-old trees that line the Letaba river.

From The Guardian

“There was a Shangaan, a Zulu and a Coloured family living in the back and we lived happily together,” recalled Jane Dakile, a teacher in Sophiatown.

From The Guardian

“I grew up in a house where my mother was Xhosa, my dad was Swiss, my stepdad was Shangaan, my friends were Zulu. I lived in such a melting pot that I never grew up with a preconceived notion of ‘people’.

From The Guardian