ChiTonga

Chitonga (kana Tonga) mutauro unowanikwa munyika yeZambia neZimbabwe mudunhu rakagomba Rwizi Zambezi zvichibva paVictoria Falls kunosvika kuBatoka.

• Malawi Tonga mumwe mutauro wakazvimirira, wakasiyana neTonga yekuZimbabwe neZambia.

Mazwi Akafanana neShona

• Izwi rokuti kumita (conception) rinoreva kubata nhumbu.
• Izwi rokuti mugwazo (Piece work) kureva mugwazo.
• Tonga vanoti chenga (deceive, cheat) kureva kuchengedza.
• Tonga vanoti tondeka (aim at; point at) kureva kutondeka.

Mazwi Anotodza Shona

• Tonga vanoti Nseke (embryo).
• Tonga vanoti Maseke (corn grounds).
• Tonga vanoti tumbuka kana zyala (to give birth) kureva kuzvara kana kutumbura.
• Tonga vanoti zyana (dance) kureva kudzana.
• Tonga vanoti kunsi (below, beneath) kureva kutsi.
• Tonga vanoti kununganya (grafting).
• Tonga vanoti kuswanganya (linking).
• Tonga vanoti Inseke, nseke kana mbuto (seed) kureva mbeu..
• Tonga vanoti bambana (Nurture).
• Tonga vanoti cibaka (place) kureva nzvimbo.
• Tonga vanoti kanini kana niini (little) kureva kadoko.
• Tonga vanoti nongo (clay pot) kureva hari.
• Tonga vanoti nyezi (adj. local).
• Tonga vanoti kaungu (loneliness) kureva kusurukirwa.
• Tonga vanoti panga kana lenga (to make) kureva kugadzira kana kusika.
• Tonga vanoti mulombwana (man, male) kureva munhurume.
• Tonga vanoti lukwato kana lukwatano (marriage) kureva wanano.
• Tonga vanoti mukapa (milk) kureva mukaka.
• Tonga vanoti cisi (nation, country, place) kureva nyika kana nzvimbo.
• Tonga vanoti cibanda kana cibandu (plain) kureva mhene.
• Tonga vanoti panga (plan) kureva kupanga mazano.
• Tonga vanoti museke (Glans penis; tip of the penis).
• Tonga vanoti pangana (plan with someone).
• Tonga vanoti Makanze (plans) kureva zvirongwa.
• Tonga vanoti mbale (plate) kureva ndiro.
• Tonga vanoti Mwinza (pore).
• Tonga vanoti bucete (poverty) kureva hurombo. VaLenje vanoti muchete (common people).
• Tonga vanoti Lumba (praise) kureva kurumbidza.
• Tonga vanoti komba (pray) kureva kunamata. Kombayi izita remhuri.
• Tonga vanoti Cumayila (preach) kureva kushumira.
• Tonga vanoti Cisanza (raised platform to store maize) kureva dara.
• Tonga vanoti nhala (rake) kureva rheki.
• Tonga vanoti jata musimbi (noun. rape) kureva kubata chibharo.
• Tonga vanoti Sandula (reply) kureva kupindura.
• Tonga vanoti Uulanga (responsibility) kureva rudairo.
• Tonga vanoti mulonga (river) kureva rwizi.
• Tonga vanoti bulonga (river system) kureva mutandira wenzizi.
• Tonga vanoti Nsabata (Saturday) kureva sabata.
• Tonga vanoti Munyoko (sibling).
• Tonga vanoti Mulambi (sinew).
• Tonga vanoti nyika (soak in water) kureva kunyika.
• Tonga vanoti lubilo (speed). Nyaruviro izita remhuri.
• Tonga vanoti Ciimo (Physique).
• Tonga vanoti labila (order) kureva kurayira.
• Tonga vanoti bunene (old age) kureva rukweguro kana hutana.
• Tonga vanoti muzuba (nsima being cooked) kureva sadza rir kubikwa.
• Tonga vanoti mbongolo (donkey) kureva mbongoro.
• Tonga vanoti soka (do first).
• Tonga vanoti citina (brick) kureva chidhinha.
• Tonga vanoti yakulula (to rebuild) kureva kuvaka patsva.
• Tonga vanoti yaka (build) kureva kuvaka.
• Tonga vanoti yambukila (spread) kureva kutandira.
• Tonga vanoti taanzi (first) kureva chimotsi.
• Tonga vanoti kutala (across) kureva mhiri.
• Tonga vanoti ndeke (aeroplane) kureva ndege.
• Tonga vanoti makani (affairs, news) kureva nhau.
• Tonga vanoti Masyikati (afternoon) kureva masikati.