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Sibaya

Xivongo · Xitsonga

Shirindja

  • PeopleVatsonga
  • Grouping Ronga group, transitional to Dzonga (Junod)
  • Places recorded North, Nondwane, Mozambique

The Swiphato swa swivongo

Mudzunga ntima wa le dzungen

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

About This Record

What Was Written Down

Junod lists Shirindja with Manyisa as the two northernmost Ronga clans, whose older people spoke more Dzonga and whose younger people spoke purer Ronga. Recorded from the sources named on this entry; the wording here is Sibaya's own.

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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.
  • Hlanganu Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Hlungwani Also recorded among the Vatsonga.
  • Honwana Also recorded among the Vatsonga.

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