Citonga

Language name and locationː CiTonga, Nkhata Bay, Malawi [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 茨通加语 (基通加语 KiTonga), 马拉维北部恩卡塔湾县

1. -mòòzà	21. mà-chùmí nɡá-vìì ndí mòòzà
2. -víí	22. mà-chùmí nɡá-vìì ndí víí
3. -tààtò	23. mà-chùmí nɡá-vìì ndi tààtò
4. nàáyè	24. mà-chùmí nɡá-vìì ndi nàáyè
5. -nkʰòóndè	25. mà-chùmí nɡá-vìì ndi nkʰòóndè
6. -nkʰòóndè ndí mòòzà ( 5+1 )	26. mà-chùmí nɡá-vìì ndi nkʰòóndè ndí mòòza
7. -nkʰòóndè ndí víí ( 5+2 )	27. mà-chùmí nɡá-vìì ndi nkʰòóndè ndí víí
8. -nkʰòóndè ndí tààtò ( 5+3 )	28. mà-chùmí nɡá-vìì ndi nkʰòóndè ndí tààtò
9. -nkʰòóndè ndí nàáyè ( 5+4 )	29. mà-chùmí nɡá-vìì ndi nkʰòóndè ndí nàáyè
10. chùúmè	30. mà-chùmí nɡá-tààtò
11. chùúmè ndí mòòzà	40. mà-chùmí nɡá-nàáyè
12. chùúmè ndí víí	50. mà-chùmí nɡá-nkʰòóndè
13. chùúmè ndí tààtò	60. mà-chùmí nɡá-nkʰòóndè ndí mòòza
14. chùúmè ndí nàáyè	70. mà-chùmí nɡá-nkʰòóndè ndí víí
15. chùúmè ndí nkʰòóndè	80.
16. chùúmè ndí nkʰòóndè ndí mòòza	90.
17. chùúmè ndí nkʰòóndè ndí víí	100. mà-chùmí chùúmí (10 x 10)
18. chùúmè ndí nkʰòóndè ndí tààtò	200.
19. chùúmè ndí nkʰòóndè ndí nàáyè	1000.
20. mà-chùmí nɡá-vìì(yì)	2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. April J. Ross, undergraduate senior in Linguistics through Prof. Lee S. Bickmore, Department of Anthropology, University at Albany, USA. March 11, 2019.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. April J. Ross, 2019 年 3 月 11 日.

Other comments: CiTonga or KiTonga has a traditional quinary system. Please note that

CiTong is spoken at Nkhata Bay District, Malawi and according to Professor Lee Bickmore it is a Zone N 15. language and this language is different from Tonga [toi] of Zimbabwe and Zambia and Tonga [toh].

Consonant and vowel Inventories for CiTonga, Malawi Tongue

	Bilabial	Labio-Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	p, pʰ b		t, tʰ d		k, kʰ ɡ	kʷ
Affricative				c, cʰ j
Fricative		f, v	s, z			h
Nasal	m		n		ng̕
Lateral			l
Glide					y	w

Note on the differences between tradition Bantu phonetic spellings and IPA symbolsː

1. Palatal Affricatesː c, ch=IPA [tʃ], j=IPA [dʒ]

2. Velar nasalː ng̕=IPA [ŋ]

3. Glideː y=IPA [j]

Vowelː

	Front	Mid	Back
High	i		u
Mid	e		o
Low		a

Tonga (native name Chitonga) is a Bantu language spoken mainly in the Nkhata Bay District of Malawi. The number of speakers is estimated to be 170,000.
The Tonga language of Malawi is described as "similar" to Tumbuka. Malawian Tonga is classified by Guthrie as being in Zone N15, whereas the Zambian Tonga is classified as Zone M64 and can thus be considered a different language.

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