Tonga
A language of Malawi
| Population | 170,000 (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). |
| Region | Northern Province, North of Bandawe, west shore of Lake Malawi. |
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| Alternate names | Chitonga, Kitonga, Siska, Sisya, Western Nyasa |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, N, Manda (N.10) |
| Language development | Bible: 1987. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Different from Tonga [toi] of Zimbabwe and Zambia and Gitonga of Mozambique. |
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