African Languages - Xitsonga (Tsonga)

Xitsonga (Tsonga)

General information

Name: Xitsonga
English name: Tsonga
Population: 1,992,207
ISO code: tso,ts
Spoken in the following countries: South Africa (Official)

Overview

Xitsonga is one of the official languages of South Africa. There are 1,992,207 (4.44 %) first language speakers [2001 census data].

Geographical distribution

A map showing the geographical distribution of the Xitsonga speaking people.

Translation

TRANSLATION SERVICES TshwaneDJe Language Services (Translation, Proofreading, Editing, Transcription and more, for all official South African languages and most major world languages).

Radio stations

Munghana Lonene

Links

Projects

http://www.translate.org.za/
A non-profit organization translating various OpenSource software packages such as OpenOffice.org and the Mozilla web browser into all official South African languages. They have released isiZulu, Sesotho sa Leboa and Afrikaans versions of OpenOffice.
Xitsonga Wikipedia