Tsonga

[ tsong-guh ]

noun

1. a Bantu language spoken in Mozambique, Zambia, and South Africa.

Tsonga

/ ˈtsɒŋɡə /

noun

1. -ga-gas a member of a Negroid people of S Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa
2. the language of this people, of the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

Example Sentences

The human-voice clips, which were at conversational volume levels, came from radio or television recordings of people speaking the four most used languages in the region, including Tsonga, Northern Sotho, English, and Afrikaans.

From Science Daily

Vakhegula means "grandmothers" in the Tsonga language spoken in South Africa.

From Reuters

At Roland Garros, Ruud opened the tournament with a victory in an emotional match against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga — the last of the Frenchman’s career in front of his home crowd — and will close it with a match against his idol.

From Washington Post

Amid rousing cheers and tearful tributes, France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retires after nearly toppling eight-seeded Casper Ruud in his French Open finale.

From Washington Post

The grand and renovated stadium was barely half full when Tsonga walked onto the red clay in the early afternoon after wiping tears from his eyes in the tunnel.

From New York Times