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PRONUNCIATION OF TSONGA

Tsonga  [ˈtsɒŋɡə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TSONGA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tsonga is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TSONGA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Tsonga in the English dictionary

The definition of Tsonga in the dictionary is -ga, -gas. a member of a Negroid people of S Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa. Other definition of Tsonga is the language of this people, of the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TSONGA


anger
ˈæŋɡə
araponga
ˌærəˈpɒŋɡə
conga
ˈkɒŋɡə
conger
ˈkɒŋɡə
donga
ˈdɒŋɡə
finger
ˈfɪŋɡə
Ganga
ˈɡʌŋɡə
hunger
ˈhʌŋɡə
linger
ˈlɪŋɡə
longa
ˈlɒŋɡə
longer
ˈlɒŋɡə
manga
ˈmæŋɡə
Mpumalanga
mˈpʌmɑːlɑːŋɡə
nihonga
nɪˈhɒŋɡə
Rarotonga
ˌrɛərəˈtɒŋɡə
sangar
ˈsʌŋɡə
tanga
ˈtæŋɡə
tonga
ˈtɒŋɡə
wonga
ˈwɒŋɡə
Zamboanga
ˌzæmbəʊˈæŋɡə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TSONGA

Tsimshian
Tsinan
Tsinghai
Tsingtao
Tsingyuan
Tsiolkovski
Tsitsihar
tsitsith
tsk
Tskhinvali
TSO
tsotsi
tsotsitaal
tsp.
TSS
tsuba
Tsugaru Strait

WORDS THAT END LIKE TSONGA

Alba Longa
Albury-Wodonga
boonga
Bucaramanga
changa
chimichanga
gringa
kanga
linga
ongaonga
pa´anga
panga
ponga
ranga
renga
sanga
taonga
Tauranga
whoonga
wonga-wonga

Synonyms and antonyms of Tsonga in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Tsonga» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TSONGA

Find out the translation of Tsonga to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Tsonga from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Tsonga» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

特松加
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Tsonga
570 millions of speakers

English

Tsonga
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सोंगा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تسونجا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Тсонга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Tsonga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সঙ্গা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Tsonga
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tsonga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tsonga
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ツォンガ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

총가어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tsonga
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Tsonga
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சோங்கா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सोंगा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tsonga
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Tsonga
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Tsonga
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Тсонга
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Tsonga
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Tsonga
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Tsonga
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Tsonga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Tsonga
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Tsonga

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TSONGA»

The term «Tsonga» is quite widely used and occupies the 31.610 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Tsonga
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TSONGA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Tsonga» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Tsonga» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Tsonga

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TSONGA»

Discover the use of Tsonga in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Tsonga and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Emerging Solutions for Musical Arts Education in Africa
This article investigates the indigenous musical theatre of the Tsonga people of South Africa in order to derive guidelines for the modern classroom regarding integrated arts teaching. The historical background of the Tsonga people According ...
Anri Herbst, 2005
2
African Traditional Religion in South Africa: An Annotated ...
8 Tsonga Religion As a separate and distinct African tradition, Tsonga traditional religion emerges from a remarkable history of nineteenth-century missionary intervention and twentieth-century ethnic formation. Appearing under different ...
David Chidester, 1997
3
Essays on the Ritual of Social Relations
Junod also used this schema, sometimes implicitly, but mostly explicitly, to describe and discuss not only other Tsonga rituals but also much of Tsonga secular life. In short, he was inspired by Van Gennep's book to see Tsonga life as a series ...
Max Gluckman, 1962
4
The Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa
This chapter deals with the formation of ethnicity amongst the Tsonga- speaking people of the northern and eastern Transvaal. It argues that the notion of a ' Tsonga' ethnic group as defined by anthropologists at the turn of the century is of little ...
Leroy Vail, 1991
5
The Garland Handbook of African Music
The Tsonga helieve that individuals can hecome possessed of evil spirits of people ftom outside cthnic gtoups, usually people thought to have died outside their home tetritory. marched to resonate hest with the slat to which it was atrached.
Ruth M. Stone, 1998
6
Language and Social History: Studies in South African ...
11. Discovering. languages: the. historical. origins. of. standard. Tsonga. in. southern. Africa. PATRICK. HARRIES. 1 Introduction In 1875 the Encyclopaedia Britannica declared Africa to be one of the least- known land divisions in the world.1 ...
Rajend Mesthrie, 1995
7
World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East
Shangaan/Tsonga-Traditional. The first Shangaan Neo-Traditional recordings (a language group of the region bordering Mozambique) were made by Francisco Baloyi in the early 1950s for Gallo. These contained call- and-response vocals ...
Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, 1999
8
African Names: Reclaim Your Heritage
... merry ZULU Mother earth w AFRICAN To love very much TSONGA Continue a journey XHOSA In the morning ZULU In autumn ZULU Flowing river XHOSA To go somewhere for one another TSONGA Helper ZULU To see clearly TSONGA ...
Samaki, 2001
9
Culture and Customs of South Africa
The result was that the majority of the Tswana population had to turn to migrant labor in the mines and the urban centers of South Africa for their livelihood. Tsonga Though the Tsonga share a number of cultural similarities with the Nguni, their ...
Funso S. Afọlayan, 2004
10
The Drumcafé's Traditional Music of South Africa
The majority of the Tsonga were conquered by an Nguni army that had fled from Shaka in Natal. The army was an offshoot of the Ndandwe, who were under the military leadership of Soshangane at the time. He was powerful enough to ...
Laurie Levine, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TSONGA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Tsonga is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Andy Murray to face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on day one of Great Britain's …
Tsonga is dangerous, but missed the grass court warm-ups with injury and has a 2-10 record against Murray, losing to him on all four occasions they have ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Wimbledon 2015: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga sorry after on-court 'boo-boo'
Trailing Karlovic by two sets to one, Frenchman Tsonga - the 13th seed - plays a drop shot short into the net and hold his hands up to the spectators. «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
3
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beats Tomas Berdych to reach last eight at …
On a day of grey skies and swirling winds in Paris, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga lit up the gloom with an exhilarating display of power tennis to claim a place in the last ... «The Guardian, May 15»
4
Monfils, Tsonga and more give French tennis fans hope at Roland …
Both men have reached the semi-finals in Paris – Monfils in 2008 and Tsonga in 2013. And both say they find the attention from the crowds more help than ... «The Globe and Mail, May 15»
5
Australian Open: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga pulls out with injury
World number 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has pulled out of this month's ... from a forearm inflammation that prevents me being 100% in a competition," said Tsonga. «BBC News, Jan 15»
6
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga blasts crowd
LILLE, France -- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rued the lack of support of his home crowd Friday after losing to Stan Wawrinka in the opening singles match of the Davis ... «ESPN, Nov 14»
7
Goffin beats Tsonga at Moselle
METZ, France -- Eighth-seeded David Goffin of Belgium rallied to beat top-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 Friday to reach the Moselle Open ... «ESPN, Sep 14»
8
US Open: Andy Murray beats Tsonga to reach last eight
And he finally claimed a much-needed victory against one of the game's leading names in Tsonga, the ninth seed who had been enjoying a fine summer. «BBC Sport, Sep 14»
9
ATP Cincinnati Masters: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga falls at first hurdle to …
Elation soon turned disappointment for Jo-Wilfried Tsonga as he crashed out in the first round of the Cincinnati Masters, succumbing to Mikhail Youzhny in ... «SkySports, Aug 14»
10
Rogers Cup: Andy Murray beaten by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Toronto
However, he then lost five in a row himself as Tsonga, who defeated world number one Novak Djokovic in the previous round, took advantage of some sloppy ... «BBC News, Aug 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Tsonga [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/tsonga>. May 2024 ».
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