Abantu baseTsonga ( Tsonga ) Isizwe samaBantu esidabuka kakhulu eSouthern Mozambique naseNingizimu Afrika ( eLimpopo naseMpumalanga ). Bakhuluma isiXitsonga, ulimi lwaseNingizimu Bantu.Linani lelincane kakhulu lemaTsonga latfolakala eZimbabwe naseNyakatfo ye-Eswatini. Abantu abangamaTsonga baseNingizimu Afrika babelana ngomlando othile nabantu abangamaTsonga baseNingizimu yeMozambique; nokho ziyehluka ngokwesiko nangokolimi. Abantu bamaTsonga badabuka eMaphakathi neMpumalanga ye-Afrika ndawo thile phakathi kwe-AD 200 kanye ne-500, futhi sebethuthele ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwaseNingizimu Afrika iminyaka engaphezu kwenkulungwane (1,000).Ekuqaleni, abantu bamaTsonga bahlala emathafeni asogwini eNyakatho neMozambique kepha bagcina behlala eSifundazweni saseTransvaal nasezindaweni ezizungeze iSt Lucia Bay eNingizimu Afrika kusukela ngawo-1300s. Enye yezincwadi zokuqala ezibhalwe phansi zabantu baseTsonga nguHenri Philipe (HP) Junod osihloko sithi "Matimu ya Vatsonga 1498-1650 " eyashicilelwa ngokusemthethweni ngonyaka we-1977, futhi ikhuluma ngemibuso yakuqala yamaTsonga.Ngaphambi kwalokhu, uHenri Alexandri (HA) Junod osekhulile wakhipha incwadi yakhe ethi " The Life of a South African Tribe " eyashicilelwa okokuqala ngaphansi kwemiqulu emibili ngo-1912-1913 yaphinde yashicilelwa ngo-1927.