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Tionge

A short Tumbuka and Chewa sentence-name from the verb for thanking, understood as "we thank".

Meaning and origin

Tionge sits alongside Taonga as another sentence built on the Bantu root -onga, to thank, and is shared between Tumbuka and Chichewa (Chewa), the two main languages of Malawi.

How to pronounce Tionge

English (US)tee-ON-geh /tiˈɔŋɡɛ/

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