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Languages

Description[edit | edit source]

The official languages of Botswana are English and Tswana.

English - Inherited from colonial rule and is used for official business and most written communication.
Tswana - The language of the Tswana people—Setswana—is a country's national language, and is spoken by most of the population.

Over 20 smaller languages are also spoken. Some of the country's languages are in danger of becoming extinct. Here is a list of the languages in Botswana:

Afrikaans	Haillom	Kua	Setswana
Ani	Herero	Kuhane	Shua
Birwa	Hua	Kung-Ekoka	Tshuwau
Chichewa	'hoan	Lozi	Tswapong
English	Kalanga	Mbukushu	!Xóõ
Gana	Kgalagadi	Nambya	Yeyi
Gciriku	Khoekhoe	Naro	Zezuru
Gwi	Khwedam	Ndebele	isiXhosa

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 *'''Tswana''' - The language of the Tswana people—'''Setswana'''—is a country's national language, and is spoken by most of the population.
 Over 20 smaller languages are also spoken. Some of the country's languages are in danger of becoming extinct. Here is a list of the languages in Botswana:
-[[File:The distribution of the three major language families in the Kalahari Basin area.jpg|thumb|The distribution of the three major language families in the [[Kalahari Basin]] area]]
+{| class="wikitable"
-# [[Afrikaans]]
+|-
-# [[Khwe language|Ani]]
+| Afrikaans ||Haillom||Kua || Setswana
-# [[Northern Sotho language|Birwa]]
+|-
-# [[Chewa language|Chichewa]]
+| Ani || Herero || Kuhane || Shua
-# [[English language|English]]
+|-
-# [[Gǁana language|Gana]]
+| Birwa || Hua || Kung-Ekoka || Tshuwau
-# [[Gciriku language|Gciriku]]
+|-
-# [[Gǀui dialect|Gwi]]
+| Chichewa || Ju|'hoan || Lozi || Tswapong
-# [[ǂAakhoe dialect|Hai||om]]
+|-
-# [[Herero language|Herero]]
+| English || Kalanga || Mbukushu || !Xóõ
-#[[ǂʼAmkoe language|‡Hua]]
+|-
-#[http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/603 Ju|’hoansi]
+| Gana || Kgalagadi || Nambya || Yeyi
-#[[Kalanga language|Kalanga]]
+|-
-#[[Kgalagadi language|Kgalagadi]]
+| Gciriku || Khoekhoe || Naro || Zezuru
-#[[Khoekhoe language|Khoekhoe]]
+|-
-#[[Khwe language|Khwedam]]
+| Gwi || Khwedam || Ndebele || isiXhosa
-#[[Tshwa language|Kua]]
+|}
-#[[Kuhane language|Kuhane]]
-#[[Ekoka !Kung|Kung-Ekoka]]
-#[[Lozi language|Lozi]]
-#[[Mbukushu language|Mbukushu]]
-#[[Nambya language|Nambya]]
-#[[Naro language|Naro]]
-#[[Northern Ndebele language|Ndebele]]
-#[[Tswana language|Setswana]]
-#[[Shua language|Shua]]
-#[[Tshwa language|Tshuwau]]
-#[[Tswapong language|Tswapong]]
-#[[Taa language|!Xóõ]]
-#[[Yeyi language|Yeyi]]
-#[[Shona language|Zezuru]]
-#[[Xhosa language|isiXhosa]]
 ==Word List(s)==