Sotho-Tswana peoples

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The Sotho-Tswana peoples are a closely related group of Bantu-speaking ethnic communities of Southern Africa, including the Sotho, Tswana, and Pedi, known for shared linguistic, cultural, and historical traditions.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sotho-Tswana peoples canonical 4
Sotho–Tswana peoples 4
Sotho 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu peoples
ethnic group
colonialExperience Boer expansion
British colonial rule
continent Africa
countryOfResidence Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Zimbabwe
culturalTrait age-set initiation systems
bogwera initiation for males
bojale initiation for females
cattle-based economy
chieftaincy-based political organization
homestead-based settlements
patrilineal clans
economicActivity agriculture
cattle herding
historicalProcess Bantu expansion
state formation in Southern Africa
includeEthnicGroup Basotho people
surface form: Basotho

Tswana people
surface form: Batswana

Northern Sotho people
Pedi people
Basotho people
surface form: Sotho people

Basotho people
surface form: Southern Sotho people

Tswana people
Basotho people
surface form: Western Sotho people
languageFamily Bantu languages
linguisticCharacteristic Sotho-Tswana language continuum
mutually intelligible languages
region Southern Africa
relatedEthnicGroup Nguni people
surface form: Nguni peoples

Shona people
Venda people
religion African Independent Churches
Christianity
speakLanguage Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
surface form: Northern Sotho language

Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
surface form: Sepedi

Sesotho
Setswana
Sesotho
surface form: Southern Sotho language

Setswana
surface form: Tswana language
subfamily Sotho–Tswana languages
surface form: Sotho-Tswana languages
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration
belief in a supreme being
traditionalHousing rondavel dwellings
traditionalReligion African traditional religion
traditionalSupremeBeingName Modimo

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Motsepe ethnicAssociation Sotho-Tswana peoples
Tswana people subgroupOf Sotho-Tswana peoples
this entity surface form: Sotho–Tswana peoples
Tswana people relatedEthnicGroup Sotho-Tswana peoples
this entity surface form: Sotho people
Winburg, Orange Free State hasEthnicGroup Sotho-Tswana peoples
Mosotho associatedWith Sotho-Tswana peoples
this entity surface form: Sotho–Tswana peoples
Mfecane hasKeyGroup Sotho-Tswana peoples
this entity surface form: Sotho-Tswana communities
Sotho–Tswana languages ethnolinguisticGroup Sotho-Tswana peoples
this entity surface form: Sotho–Tswana peoples
Northern Sotho people ethnolinguisticGroup Sotho-Tswana peoples
this entity surface form: Sotho–Tswana peoples
Orange River Colony mainEthnicGroups Sotho-Tswana peoples
Bantu peoples includeEthnicGroup Sotho-Tswana peoples
this entity surface form: Sotho
Motswana relatedGroup Sotho-Tswana peoples
Black South African hasEthnicSubgroup Sotho-Tswana peoples
this entity surface form: Sotho
Andrew Mlangeni ethnicGroup Sotho-Tswana peoples
this entity surface form: Sotho
Thabo isUsedBy Sotho-Tswana peoples
this entity surface form: Sotho people