Tsonga people (Tsonga: Vatsonga) are a Bantu ethnic group native mainly to South Africa and southern Mozambique.

They speak Xitsonga, a Southern Bantu language which is closely related to neighbouring Nguni, Basotho, and Vhavenda.

A very small number of Tsonga people are also found in Swaziland and Zimbabwe.

The Tsonga people of South Africa share a common history with the Tsonga people of southern Mozambique; however, they differ culturally and linguistically from the Tonga people of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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