Tonga

• Alternate names: Chitonga, Plateau Tonga, Zambezi Also: in Zimbabwe -- Chitonga, Zambezi
• Scriptures published: Bible (1963--1996) New Testament (1949--2011) Portions (1911--1957)
• Literacy: Taught in primary schools. Y
• Primary country: Zambia
• Region: Southern and Western provinces. With Ila [ilb] it predominates the south
• Also used in: Zimbabwe
• Religion: No information available.
• Status: De facto provincial language in Zambia
• Number of users: 1,127,000 (990,000 in Zambia (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001); 137,000 in Zimbabwe (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001))

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Tonga
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Tonga on the web
• Joshua Project: Tonga — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Tonga — detailed linguistic information.