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Encyclopedia: Tswana

Tswana (Motswana, plural Batswana) is the name of a Southern African people. The Tswana language, also called Setswana, belongs to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo languages.

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How to say "Tswana" in other languages:

	(German)	Motswana
	(Spanish)	Tswana

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Sol Plaatje

addition to his native tongue, which was Tswana, the chief language of Botswana — English... European languages, and works from English into Tswana (most notably William Shakespeare). Plaatje... ( The Tswana Gazette ) from 1901 to 1908, and editor of Tsala ea Batho ( The Friend of the People...

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Batswana

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Northern Cape Province

Northern Cape Area 361,830 km² (29.7% of country's total) Population 850,000 (1.8% of the total) GDP 2% of the country's total Languages Afrikaans (70%), Tswana (20%), Xhosa (6.5%) Capital Kimberley Other main centres Upington, Springbok, De Aar, Colesburg Other towns Kathu...

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List of official languages

, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu) Albanian : Albania Arabic : Algeria...) South Africa (with Afrikaans, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa..., English, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, Zulu) Nepali : Nepal Northern...

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Daniel Jones (phonetician)

Tswana. He developed new alphabets for African and Indian languages. Source: R. E. Asher, The...

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Fatshe leno la rona

Fatshe leno la rona (Blessed Be This Noble Land) is the national anthem of Botswana. Written and composed by Kgalemang Tumedisco Motsete, it was adopted upon independence in 1966. Tswana Lyrics Fatshe leno la rona, Ke mpho ya Modimo, Ke boswa jwa borraetsho; A le nne ka kagiso. CHORUS: Tsogang...

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Matabele

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Bophuthatswana

situated in an area bordering Botswana. The homeland was set up to house Tswana speaking peoples. In 1983...

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Botswana Democratic Party

traditional Tswana communities, and it was sometimes referred to as "the Chief's party" (referring to Sir...

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Bechuanaland Protectorate

to Rhodesia or South Africa, but Tswana opposition left the protectorate a Crown Colony until it... British South Africa Company attempted to acquire the area, but three Tswana chiefs visited London to...

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