Bakalanga, bathu be ludzi guno wanika mu shango yeZimbabwe,yeBotswana ne yeAfurika-Tjapembe.MuZimbabwe bagele kuBurwa-Bumilazhuba (South West), mudunhu leMatebeleland betebelela nghathu weBotswana. Mu shango ye Botswana, BaKalanga bagele kuBunanzwa(North ) betjekelana ne nghathu we Zimbabwe. Bamwe baKalanga bano wangwa mu ntuthu we Limpopo mu shango ye Afurika-Tjapembe(South Africa) . Mu madwilo abo banozwalana ne tjaba tje BaNambya, BaLozwi, BaKaranga, BaVenda, BaLobedu ne BaPfumbi. BaKalanga banozibgwa kwazo nemizi-mabgwe yaboMambo babo ba zhulo. Abematongo nasi, anowanika mu shango idzedzi thatu.
Bakalanga be shango ye Botswana ndibo ludzi gwe bubili guno tebela ludzi gwe Batswana muna iyo shango yeyo,ne lulimi gwabo gwe Ikalanga ili igo guno lebgwa ili gwe bubili shango yose(guli zhele kwazo mu bunanzwa gwe shango yeyo).Lulimi gwe Tjikalanga ndigo lulimi guno lebgwa ku tebela gwe TjiShona ne TjiNdebele mu shango ye Zimbabwe,ngono bunji gwe tjibaka ghu bigwa kuyi gho zwalana ne TjiShona(Western Branch).Gho shingisiwa mu dzi wayalesi.
MITHUPO YE BAKALANGA NE KU ENDISANA KWAYO
Tjabe tje Bakalanga i tjaba tji no dwa kule tji hlonipha mithupo yabo kose ne mitutho.Mithupo i no zibgwa kwazo pakati kwe Bakalanga ino nga; BoSungwasha,BoMndambeli,boNeswimbo,BoNtombo,BoKumbudzi,BoKadzasha,BoPhizha na BoNebukhwa.
Bo-SUNGWASHA-BoSungwasha ndibo ntupo nkulu kusi kwe ludzi gwe Bakalanga,ndizo be wangwa mu mizi,mituthu ne dzituropo dzose dze Bakalanga.Bano zibgwa kakale ili BaWumbe.BaWumbe bayapo mu shango mbili dze Zambia ne yeZimbabwe ngono beli kusi kwe tjaba tje BaTonga.
Bo-MNDAMBELI-Ntupo uno tebela ndi boMndambeli ngobe bunji gwabo beli zhele mu ntuthu we Budheti(Boteti) be tuna shoko,Zhou ne Tshuma.Bano wangwa kakale mu mituthu ye Bunanzwa-Gwezhuba(NorthEast) ne ku Tutume ngono be tuna Ghudo ne Tembo.BoMndambeli bano wangwa mu tjaba tje BaShona be dangwa kuyi Mwendamberi belipo kakale mu tjaba tje BaVenda be dangwa kuyi VhoMudabeli.
Bo-NTOMBO(BAPERI)
Baperi ndibo nthupo we butatu mu Bukalanga ngono beli zhele mu mizi minjisa,ngono bunji gwe tjibaka baka tungamigwa na boSungwasha kene boMndambeli.Baperi bayapo kakale mu mizi yaka poteleka turopo yePlumtree mu shango yeZimbabwe. Ko dumigwa kuti midzi ye tjaba tje baperi nde bathu be ludzi gwe BaLobedu,bano wangwa ku shango ye Afurika-Tjapembe be zwalana ne ludzi gwe Bapedi.
Bo-KUMBUDZI
Nthupo we bupelo ndibo kumbudzi ngono ibo be sina mbalo zwinjisa ngobe kwe ku dumigwa kuti ba ne zwipo zwe MaWosana,ku lebesana neMwali we Dombodema ne Domboshaba. Bano dangwa kakale kuyi boNebukhwa.