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{{Infobox language
|name=Tsonga
|altname=Changana
|nativename=''Xitsonga''
|states=[[Mozambique]], [[South Africa]], [[Swaziland]], [[Zimbabwe]]
|region=[[Limpopo Province|Limpopo]], [[Mpumalanga]]
|speakers=3.7 million
|date=2006
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]]
|fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]]
|fam4=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]]
|fam5=[[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]]
|fam6=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]]
|fam7=[[Southern Bantu]]
|fam8=[[Tswa–Ronga languages|Tswa–Ronga]]?
|nation={{flag|South Africa}}
|iso1=ts|iso2=tso|iso3=tso
|lingua=[http://linguasphere.info/?page=linguascale&linguacode=99-AUT-dc 99-AUT-dc] incl. varieties 99-AUT-dca...<br>-dcg 
|guthrie=S.53 (S.52)
}}
'''Tsonga''' is a language of [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] origin spoken primarily in [[South Africa]] and [[Mozambique]]. It is also known as Changana or Xangana.

== Text example ==

The '''[[Lord's Prayer]]''' written in Tsonga:

:Tata wa hina la nge matilweni,
:vito ra wena a ri hlawuleke;
:a ku te ku fuma ka wena;
:ku rhandza ka wena a ku endliwe misaveni,
:tanihi loko ku endliwa tilweni.
:U hi nyika namuntlha vuswa bya hina bya siku rin'wana ni rin'wana;
:u hi rivalela swidyoho swa hina,
:tanihi loko na hina hi rivalela lava hi dyohelaka;
:u nga hi yisi emiringweni,
:kambe u hi ponisa eka Lowo biha,
:Amen.

==References==
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[[Category:Bantu languages]]
[[Category:Languages of South Africa]]