Tonga language (Mozambique)

For other languages called "Tonga", see Tonga language (disambiguation).

The Tonga language of Mozambique, or Gitonga (spelled Guitonga in Portuguese) is a Bantu language spoken along the southern coast of the country. Often thought to be closest to Chopi to its south, the two languages have only a 44% lexical similarity.

Tonga
Tonga-Inhambane
Gitonga
Native to	Mozambique
Native speakers	330,000 (2017)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Southern Bantu Tonga
Language codes
ISO 639-3	toh
Glottolog	gito1238
Guthrie code	S.62[2]