Xivongo · Xitsonga
Sono
- PeopleVatsonga
- Grouping VaHlengwe cluster (Wikipedia, uncited); a separate people in Junod's legend
- Surnames recorded Sono
- Places recorded Xikundwini, Mozambique, Mathebula
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About This Record
What Was Written Down
Junod's Hlengwe fire legend has the Sono as the neighbouring people who already cooked food and whose chief's daughter Tshauke married. Mathebula and Mokgoatsana place the Hlengwe among the Sono at Xikundwini by the mid-eighteenth century. Wikipedia lists Sono among VaHlengwe surnames. 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
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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
- Wikipedia contributors, Tsonga people, read 2026-09-05, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsonga_people
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