Surname · Xitsonga
Vandzawu (VaNdau)
Also spelled Vandzawu, VaNdau, Ndjao / Ba-Ndjao.
A xivongo of the Vatsonga, recorded in Xitsonga, which the sources also call Tsonga.
Xitsonga
- PeopleVatsonga
- Grouping VaNdau cluster with Moyane, Sithole, Simango and Maxava (Wikipedia, uncited); Junod treats the Ndjao as a neighbouring people near the Save, not Thonga
- Surnames recorded Moyane, Sithole, Simango, Maxava
- Places recorded North, Save, Xitsonga-speaking, Limpopo
Part of Swivongo: Tsonga clan names
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- Henri-Alexandre Junod, The Life of a South African Tribe, Vol. I: The Social Life, Imprimerie Attinger Freres, Neuchatel — https://archive.org/details/lifeofsouthafric01junouoft
- Wikipedia contributors, Tsonga people, read 2026-09-05, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsonga_people
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