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Setswana
Setswana
Setswana
Native to	Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia
Ethnicity	Batswana
Native speakers	(4.1 million in South Africa (2011); 1.1 million in Botswana cited 1993); unknown number in Zimbabwe; 7.7 million L2 speakers in South Africa (2002)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu Southern Bantu Sotho–Tswana Setswana; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Tswana alphabet); Tswana Braille
Official status
Official language in	Botswana; South Africa; Zimbabwe
Language codes
ISO 639-1	tn
ISO 639-2	tsn
ISO 639-3	tsn
Glottolog	tswa1253
Linguasphere	99-

The Tswana language (or Setswana) is a language spoken in southern Africa. About five million people speak it. It is a Bantu language. It belongs to the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho languages. It is closely related to the Northern- and Southern Sotho languages.

Tswana is an official language of Botswana. Most Tswana speakers are in South Africa, where four million people speak the language.

References[change | change source]

↑ Setswana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Webb, Vic. 2002. "Language in South Africa: the role of language in national transformation, reconstruction and development." Impact: Studies in language and society, 14:78

[e18-1] Setswana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[2] Webb, Vic. 2002. "Language in South Africa: the role of language in national transformation, reconstruction and development." Impact: Studies in language and society, 14:78

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