Xivongo · Xitsonga
Hlanganu
- 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 Also Spelled
Hlanganu is also written Nhanlganu, Vahlanganu and Xihlanganu.
Spellings differ between families, between records and between countries. Wozekhaya keeps the name as each source wrote it rather than settling on one form.
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
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- Henri-Alexandre Junod, The Life of a South African Tribe, Vol. I: The Social Life, Imprimerie Attinger Freres, Neuchatel — https://archive.org/details/lifeofsouthafric01junouoft
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