Setswana
E24414
Setswana is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Botswana and parts of South Africa, known for being one of the region’s major indigenous languages.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Setswana canonical | 61 |
| Tswana | 32 |
| Tswana language | 5 |
| Setswana language | 1 |
| influenced by Tswana language | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T188625 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Setswana Context triple: [South Africa, officialLanguage, Setswana]
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A.
Sesotho
Sesotho is a Southern Bantu language spoken primarily in Lesotho and South Africa, where it holds official status and serves as a major medium of communication and cultural identity.
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B.
Xhosa
Xhosa is a Bantu language of South Africa, known for its distinctive click consonants and as one of the country’s major official languages.
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C.
Northern Ndebele
Northern Ndebele is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in southwestern Zimbabwe and closely related to Zulu.
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D.
Zulu
Zulu is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in South Africa and widely influential in the country’s culture and other local languages.
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E.
Khoisan languages
Khoisan languages are a group of indigenous African language families best known for their distinctive click consonants and their speakers’ long-standing presence in southern Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Setswana Target entity description: Setswana is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Botswana and parts of South Africa, known for being one of the region’s major indigenous languages.
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A.
Sesotho
Sesotho is a Southern Bantu language spoken primarily in Lesotho and South Africa, where it holds official status and serves as a major medium of communication and cultural identity.
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B.
Xhosa
Xhosa is a Bantu language of South Africa, known for its distinctive click consonants and as one of the country’s major official languages.
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C.
Northern Ndebele
Northern Ndebele is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in southwestern Zimbabwe and closely related to Zulu.
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D.
Zulu
Zulu is a Bantu language of the Nguni group spoken primarily in South Africa and widely influential in the country’s culture and other local languages.
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E.
Khoisan languages
Khoisan languages are a group of indigenous African language families best known for their distinctive click consonants and their speakers’ long-standing presence in southern Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
Sotho-Tswana language ⓘ human language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Setswana
ⓘ
surface form:
Tswana
|
| belongsToBranch | Sotho-Makua-Venda branch of Bantu ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Sotho
Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
surface form:
Sepedi
Sesotho ⓘ |
| glottocode | tswa1253 ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
various regional dialects in Botswana
ⓘ
various regional dialects in South Africa ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueCode | tsn ⓘ |
| hasGrammarFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
noun class agreement ⓘ verb conjugation by subject and tense ⓘ |
| hasNativeName | Setswana self-link ⓘ |
| hasNounClassSystem | yes ⓘ |
| hasTone | tonal language ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | subject-verb-object ⓘ |
| isIndigenousTo |
Botswana
ⓘ
parts of South Africa ⓘ |
| ISO639-1Code | tn ⓘ |
| ISO639-2Code | tsn ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | tsn ⓘ |
| languageCodeStandard | ISO 639 ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Bantu languages
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
surface form:
Niger-Congo languages
|
| majorityLanguageIn | Botswana ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakersApproximate |
between 5 and 8 million
ⓘ
over 5 million ⓘ |
| officialLanguageOf | Botswana ⓘ |
| officialLanguageStatus |
national language of Botswana
ⓘ
official language of South Africa ⓘ recognized language in Namibia ⓘ recognized language in Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| primarySpeakers | Tswana people ⓘ |
| region | Southern Africa ⓘ |
| regulatoryBody | Setswana National Language Council of Botswana ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Botswana
ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ South Africa ⓘ Zimbabwe ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Sotho–Tswana languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Sotho-Tswana languages
Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Bantu languages
|
| usedAsLinguaFrancaIn |
parts of Botswana
ⓘ
parts of North West Province, South Africa ⓘ |
| usedIn |
broadcast media in Botswana
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education in Botswana ⓘ local administration in Botswana ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Setswana Description of subject: Setswana is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Botswana and parts of South Africa, known for being one of the region’s major indigenous languages.
Referenced by (100)
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