Also known as
  • Beetjuans,
  • Coana,
  • Setswana,
  • Sechuana,
  • Chwana,
  • Tsiwaha,
  • Chuana,
  • Cuana,
  • Tshwana
Tswana (Setswana), is a Bantu language written in the Latin Alphabet. Tswana is the national and majority language of Botswana, whose people are the Batswana (singular Motswana). Although Setswana is the official language of Botswana, the majority of Setswana speakers are actually in the country of South Africa. There are also speakers in Zimbabwe and Namibia. Internationally there are about 4 million speakers. Before South Africa became a multi-racial democracy, the bantustan of Bophuthatswana... full article at wikipedia

  Language

Writing System
Region
ISO 639-3 Code
  • tsn
ISO 639-2 Code
ISO 639-1 Code
Rosetta Project Code
Spoken in countries
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by mwcl_wikipedia_en Sep 28, 2007
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