Setswana

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Bantu language Sotho-Tswana language human language

Setswana is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Botswana and parts of South Africa, known for being one of the region’s major indigenous languages.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tswana	8
Tswana language	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ Sotho-Tswana language ⓘ human language ⓘ
alternativeName	Setswana ⓘ surface form: Tswana
belongsToBranch	Sotho-Makua-Venda branch of Bantu ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ surface form: Northern Sotho Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ surface form: Sepedi Sesotho ⓘ
glottocode	tswa1253 ⓘ
hasDialects	various regional dialects in Botswana ⓘ various regional dialects in South Africa ⓘ
hasEthnologueCode	tsn ⓘ
hasGrammarFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ noun class agreement ⓘ verb conjugation by subject and tense ⓘ
hasNativeName	Setswana self-link ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem	yes ⓘ
hasTone	tonal language ⓘ
hasWordOrder	subject-verb-object ⓘ
isIndigenousTo	Botswana ⓘ parts of South Africa ⓘ
ISO639-1Code	tn ⓘ
ISO639-2Code	tsn ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	tsn ⓘ
languageCodeStandard	ISO 639 ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu languages ⓘ Niger–Congo languages ⓘ surface form: Niger-Congo languages
majorityLanguageIn	Botswana ⓘ
numberOfSpeakersApproximate	between 5 and 8 million ⓘ over 5 million ⓘ
officialLanguageOf	Botswana ⓘ
officialLanguageStatus	national language of Botswana ⓘ official language of South Africa ⓘ recognized language in Namibia ⓘ recognized language in Zimbabwe ⓘ
primarySpeakers	Tswana people ⓘ
region	Southern Africa ⓘ
regulatoryBody	Setswana National Language Council of Botswana ⓘ
spokenIn	Botswana ⓘ Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ
subfamily	Sotho–Tswana languages ⓘ surface form: Sotho-Tswana languages Bantu languages ⓘ surface form: Southern Bantu languages
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn	parts of Botswana ⓘ parts of North West Province, South Africa ⓘ
usedIn	broadcast media in Botswana ⓘ education in Botswana ⓘ local administration in Botswana ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

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

Setswana → alternativeName → Setswana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tswana

Lozi → closelyRelatedTo → Setswana ⓘ

Northern Sotho (Sepedi) → closelyRelatedTo → Setswana ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Sotho

Sesotho → closelyRelatedTo → Setswana ⓘ

Sotho → closelyRelatedTo → Setswana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tswana

Southern Africa → hasMajorLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tswana

Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

Setswana → hasNativeName → Setswana self-link ⓘ

Benue–Congo languages → hasNotableLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tswana language

Limpopo → hasOfficialLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

Atlantic–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

Niger–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

Francistown → language → Setswana ⓘ

National Council of Provinces → language → Setswana ⓘ

West Rand District Municipality → language → Setswana ⓘ

Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa → languageMajority → Setswana ⓘ

subject surface form: Klerksdorp

this entity surface form: Tswana

Notwane River → languageOfName → Setswana ⓘ

Motsepe → languageOfOrigin → Setswana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tswana

Botswana pula → languageOnCurrency → Setswana ⓘ

Kalahari Desert → languageRegion → Setswana ⓘ

Pan South African Language Board → languageScope → Setswana ⓘ

South African → languageUsed → Setswana ⓘ

Soweto → languageUsed → Setswana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tswana

Bantu languages → majorLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

Botswana → nationalLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

Gaborone → nationalLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

Tswana people → nativeLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tswana language

Tswana people → nativeLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality → officialLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

Ekurhuleni → officialLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tswana

Gauteng → officialLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tswana

Limpopo Province → officialLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

North West → officialLanguage → Setswana ⓘ

South Africa → officialLanguage → Setswana ⓘ