Tswana

Bantu language of Botswana and South Africa
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Tswana

Summary

Tswana is a language[1]. Tswana has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Tswana is in the country of Botswana[3].
  • Tswana is in the country of Namibia[4].
  • Tswana is in the country of South Africa[5].
  • Tswana is in the country of Zimbabwe[6].
  • Tswana's instance of is recorded as language[7].
  • Tswana's instance of is recorded as modern language[8].
  • Tswana is a type of Sotho–Tswana[9].
  • Tswana's writing system is recorded as Latin script[10].
  • Tswana's Commons category is recorded as Tswana language[11].
  • Tswana's Wikimedia language code is recorded as tn[12].
  • Tswana's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -26, 'lon': 23}[13].
  • Tswana's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tswana language[14].
  • Tswana's language regulatory body is recorded as Pan South African Language Board[15].
  • Tswana's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+4500000'}[16].
  • Tswana's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'tn', 'text': 'seTswana'}[17].
  • Tswana's indigenous to is recorded as North West[18].
  • Tswana's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TSN[19].
  • Tswana's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 1 National[20].
  • Tswana's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[21].
  • Tswana's category for films in this language is recorded as Category:Tswana-language films[22].

Why It Matters

Tswana has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Tswana is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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