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Tswana
Sign in to saveAlso known as Setswana, Sechuana, Bechuana, tn, Tswana language
Bantu language of and South Africa
Tswana is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Botswana and South Africa. It matters as a major African language with hundreds of thousands of native speakers and significant cultural and historical importance to Tswana-speaking communities in the region.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- Sotho–Tswana
- Country
- Zimbabwe
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- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 4500000
- P11012
- Q2635372
- native label
- seTswana
- Wikimedia language code
- tn
- writing system
- Latin script
- Commons category
- Tswana language
- topic's main category
- Category:Tswana language
- linguistic typology
- subject–verb–object
- language regulatory body
- Pan South African Language Board
- category for films in this language
- Category:Tswana-language films
- P10369
- North Korea
- indigenous to
- North West
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Encyclopedic overview
Distribution of Tswana (in yellow) in Botswana Geographical distribution of Tswana in South Africa: proportion of the population that speaks Tswana at home. 0–20%
20–40%
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