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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.
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setswana language also south found botswana zimbabwe tswana africa speakers nouns consonants batlhaping first namibia grammar people sepedi sesotho tones
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tswana language | Dialects | Barolong | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Dialects | Bahurutshe | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Dialects | Bakwena | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Dialects | Balete | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Dialects | Bamelete | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Dialects | Bangwaketse | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Dialects | Bangwatu | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Dialects | Bakgatla | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Dialects | Batawana | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Dialects | Batlharo | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Dialects | Batlhaping | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Dialects | Bathlahaping | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Dialects | Bathlaro | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Dialects | Pretoria Sotho | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Ethnicity | Tswana people | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Glottolog | tswa1253 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | ISO 639-1 | tn | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | ISO 639-2 | tsn | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | ISO 639-3 | tsn | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Language family | Atlantic–CongoVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaSetswana | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Language family | Volta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaSetswana | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Language family | Benue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaSetswana | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Language family | BantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaSetswana | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Language family | Southern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaSetswana | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Language family | BantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaSetswana | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Language family | Southern BantuSotho–TswanaSetswana | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Language family | Sotho–TswanaSetswana | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Language family | Setswana | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Linguasphere | 99-AUT-eg | 1.00 | infobox |
| Tswana language | Native speakers | (1.1 million in Botswana cited 1993) unknown numbers in Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. | 1.00 | infobox |
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