• PEOPLE NAME: TSONGA OF ZIMBABWE

Affinity Group: Sub-Saharan African Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Sub-Saharan African

People Cluster: Bantu, Central-Southeast

Language: Tsonga - (tso)

Alternate Name(s): Shangaan

Primary Religion: Christianity - Evangelical Protestantism

Country: Zimbabwe

Also found in: Eswatini; Mozambique; South Africa

Population: 5,200

Global Population: 6,312,200


PEID: 15680

ROP: 110220

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 10% or Greater Evangelical


Overview: The Tsonga of Zimbabwe, numbering 5,200, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Bantu, Central-Southeast people cluster within the Sub-Saharan African affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 6,312,200 in 4 countries. Their primary language is Tsonga. The primary religion practiced by the Tsonga is Evangelical Protestantism, a worldwide trans-denominational movement within Protestant Christianity that believes the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace alone, solely through faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ.


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