Surname · Xitsonga
Ngoveni
Also spelled Ngobeni, Mlambya / Valambya / Vanambya, VaMlambya.
A xivongo of the Vatsonga, recorded in Xitsonga, which the sources also call Tsonga.
Xitsonga
- PeopleVatsonga
- Totem ximanga / xingove (cat), per a single co — A Ngobeni reader on VIV Magazine (2020) explains the clan salute by the cat that
- Grouping VaMlambya cluster with Mapengo, Mahlaule and Ximange (Wikipedia, uncited); Valambya sub-clans Mapengo, Ximange, Muchavhiya, Mahlaule, Hlangwana, Dzundzule, Xikwakwa (VIV reader)
- Surnames recorded Ngoveni, Ngobeni, Mapengo, Mahlaule, Ximange
- Places recorded Masingiri, Xibotani, Mozambique, Gazankulu, Malungana
Part of Swivongo: Tsonga clan names
Written down by families and by the people who recorded them.
Where This Came From
- Shidjabadjaba John Malungana, Vuphato: Praise Poetry in Xitsonga (D.Litt. et Phil. thesis), 1994 — https://ujcontent.uj.ac.za/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Vuphato---praise-poetry-in/9913242107691
- VIV Lifestyle Magazine (Shitshembiso Mabasa Pty Ltd), Xana a wu swi tiva? [Swivongo Edition] (and reader comments, 2019-2020), 2017, vivmag.co.za — https://www.vivmag.co.za/xana-a-wu-swi-tiva-swivongo-edition/
- VIV Lifestyle Magazine (Shitshembiso Mabasa Pty Ltd), Xana a wu swi tiva? [Swivongo Edition] (and reader comments, 2019-2020), 2017, vivmag.co.za — https://www.vivmag.co.za/xana-a-wu-swi-tiva-swivongo-edition/ (reader comment)
- Wikipedia contributors, Tsonga people, read 2026-09-05, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsonga_people
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