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Hlanganu

Also spelled Nhanlganu, Vahlanganu, Xihlanganu.

  • PeopleVatsonga
  • Grouping Hlanganu group, the smallest of Junod's six, with the Nwamba and Mabila clans
  • Surnames recorded Hlanganu, Mabila
  • Places recorded Lebombo, Lydenburg, Pedi, Swazi, Malungana, Vahlangana

The Swiphato swa swivongo

Ba ku hlomula fumo, ba renga ndlela

Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.

About This Record

What Was Written Down

Junod describes the Hlanganu group as the Nwamba clan in the Delagoa plain plus the Mabila and Hlanganu clans in the Lebombo hills, speaking a dialect close to Dzonga, with many people scattered through the lowveld of the Lydenburg district. He found no migration tradition among them. Wikipedia names Xihlanganu among the Xitsonga dialects already spoken in the Transvaal before the Gaza period. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

Where This Comes From

Written down by
  • Henri-Alexandre Junod, The Life of a South African Tribe, Vol. I: The Social Life, Imprimerie Attinger Freres, Neuchatel — https://archive.org/details/lifeofsouthafric01junouoft

Recorded Alongside

  • Bila Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Cawuke Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Hlabi Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Hlungwani Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Honwana Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Khosa Also recorded among the Vatsonga.

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