Surname · Xitsonga
Bila
Also spelled Bilen, Bilene.
A xivongo of the Vatsonga, recorded in Xitsonga, which the sources also call Tsonga.
Xitsonga
- PeopleVatsonga
- Grouping Bila group (Junod's fifth dialect group); also a xivongo treated by Mathevula
- Surnames recorded Bila
- Places recorded Limpopo, Mozambique, Sabie, Mpisane
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
- Delvah Mathevula, Nkanelo wa Swin'wana swa Swithopo swa Swivongo na Nkucetelo wa Swona eka Vatsonga (An analysis of some clan totems/pr…, 2018 — https://univendspace.univen.ac.za/server/api/core/bitstreams/714292a9-b2a4-46db-93bb-45b139eba861/content
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