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Language code: tso

Technical information about ISO 639 language code tso

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The table below provides technical details for the Tsonga language, designated by the tso code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

tso

Name

Official

Tsonga

Native

Xitsonga

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Changana (Gwamba)HlanganuHlaveDjongaBilaN'walungu
Related languages
TswaRongaChopiVendaNorthern Sotho
Key facts
Has around 18 noun classes typical of Southern Bantu languagesVerbs carry prefixes that encode subject, tense, aspect and mood, giving the language agglutinative morphologyOrthography uses x to represent the postalveolar fricative /ʃ/ and accommodates many prenasalised consonantsReduplication is a productive process for intensification and pluralisationRich oral literature includes genres such as swivuriso (proverbs) and swantswatswa (folktales).
Sample phrase

Avuxeni, ku njhani?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

Supported in Localizely

The Tsonga language, identified by the code tso, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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