Tswa-Ronga

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The Tswa-Ronga language family is a group of three very similar Bantu languages, primarily in Mozambique. It is composed of Tsonga (Shangaan), Tswa, and Ronga. It comes under the S Group of Bantu languages, according to common classification.

Common features include similar noun class and verbal inflexion systems, and a common phonetic pool written in the same way.

The main language, Tsonga, is an official language of South Africa, while Ronga has about 50,000 speakers there. Tswa is also spoken in Zimbabwe.

Like most Mozambican (then Portuguese East African) languages, this group was neglected by the Portuguese colonists and so materials are scarce.