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Tswana

Bantu Languages

Setswana, also known by its native name Tswana, is a Bantu language indigenous to Southern Africa and spoken by about 8.2 million people. It is closely related to the Sepedi and Sesotho languages, as well as the Sekgaladi and likely the Silozi language.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
tsn 1
Speaker Count
1,100,000 1
1993 figure for Botswana only, per the infobox, which notes further unknown numbers of speakers in Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The article's lead gives a broader regional estimate of about 8.2 million total, which is not a single sourced infobox figure and is not captured here.
Region
Botswana, South Africa 1
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Latin Script, Scripts

Tswana is standardly written in the Latin alphabet.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Tswana Language
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  • Lead section
    Setswana, also known by its native name Tswana, is a Bantu language indigenous to Southern Africa and spoken by about 8.2 million people. It is closely related to the Sepedi and Sesotho languages, as well as the Sekgaladi and likely the Silozi language.
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    tsn
  • Infobox, Speakers
    1.1 million in Botswana cited 1993
  • Infobox, Native to
    Botswana, South Africa
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