Setswana

E24414

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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Setswana canonical 61
Tswana 32
Tswana language 5

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (100)

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

kgotla languageUsed Setswana
Meadowlands languageUsed Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Chiawelo hasLanguageInCommunity Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Kalanga people historicalLanguageInfluence Setswana
this entity surface form: influenced by Tswana language
Diepkloof languageSpoken Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Sotho-Tswana peoples speakLanguage Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana language
Moses Kotane ethnicGroup Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Bantu peoples includeEthnicGroup Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Magaliesberg nameLanguage Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Hammanskraal hasLanguage Setswana
Atteridgeville hasLanguage Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Soshanguve usesLanguage Setswana
pula and thebe languageOfName Setswana
subject surface form: Botswana pula
pula and thebe languageOfName Setswana
subject surface form: Botswana thebe
Bechuanaland Protectorate commonLanguage Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Popo Molefe languageSpoken Setswana
Mamelodi hasLanguage Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Council hasOfficialLanguage Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Motswana associatedWithLanguage Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana language
Motswana usedInLanguage Setswana
Motswana ethnicIdentity Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Motswana belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Chief Gaborone culture Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Lobatse officialLanguage Setswana
Brits languageUsed Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Mogoditshane languageMajority Setswana
Mahikeng officialLanguage Setswana
Black South African hasEthnicSubgroup Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Tlokweng officialLanguage Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Mmabatho languageUsed Setswana
Ngaka Modiri Molema District languageOfAdministration Setswana
subject surface form: Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality
Tshwane language Setswana
this entity surface form: Tswana
Silozi closelyRelatedTo Setswana
Ntwetwe Pan languageOfToponym Setswana
Ramotswa languageUsed Setswana
Kasane languageUsed Setswana
Festus Mogae languageSpoken Setswana