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Name:
Tswana
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Chuana; Coana; Cuana; Setswana; Sechuana; Beetjuans; Tsiwaha; Tshwana; Chwana; Rolon; Tswana, si-; Cwana
Spoken in:
South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe
Number of speakers:
1,070,000 in Botswana (Johnstone 1993). Population total all countries: 4,521,700
(Ethnologue)
Code:
tsn
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Tswana (tswa)
Child Dialects:
Melete (tsn-mel)
Rolong; Roloŋ, si- (tsn-rol)
Tlharo (tsn-tlr)
Thlaro (tsn-tha)
Kwena (tsn-kwe)
Tlhaping (tsn-tlh)
Tawana (tsn-taw)
Tlokwa (tsn-tlo)
Ngwatu; Ngwato; Mangwato; Maŋgwato, si- (tsn-ngu)
Ngwaketse (tsn-ngw)
Kgatla; Ngatla; Kgatla, si- (tsn-kga)
Lete (tsn-let)
Hurutshe (tsn-hur)
Tlahaping; Tlapi; Thlaping (tsn-tla)

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