ISO 639-3 · tsntsn
Niger–Congo family
Tswana
seTswana
Tswana is a language of the Sotho–Tswana branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. Wikidata counts about 4.5 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language of Botswana and South Africa”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tsn- ISO 639-1
tn- Glottocode
tswa1253- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Centre point
- -26.00, 23.00
- Wikipedia
- 92 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
1scripts
9levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Tswana · seTswana |
|---|---|
| Also called | Setswana, Sechuana, Bechuana, tn, Tswana language |
| All speakers | 4,500,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | South Africa, Zimbabwe |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Tswana
The branches above Tswana, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in South Africa
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