The Bantu language of these people; Setswana.
Used in a Sentence
tswana
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for tswana.
Editorial note
Loan words, but: Tsar (zar or sar), Tswana (50/50), and Tsetse fly (usually /ts/) from the Tswana language.
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Quick take
The Bantu language of these people; Setswana.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of tswana gathered in one view.
A Bantu people living in Botswana and South Africa.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for tswana.
noun
The Bantu language of these people; Setswana.
noun
A Bantu people living in Botswana and South Africa.
Example sentences
Loan words, but: Tsar (zar or sar), Tswana (50/50), and Tsetse fly (usually /ts/) from the Tswana language.
The article doesn't mention the fact that 78% of people in Botswana are ethnically Tswana and speak Tswana, which is a level of homogeneity that is almost unheard of in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This is true of the whole Sotho-Tswana branch of languages.
If your wife descends from Tswana-speaking people she doesn't escape guilt since the Bakgalagadi moved into the southern Kalahari which was, again, previously inhabited by the San and Khoi.
They mention it for Tswana, albeit briefly.
The relevant outgroups animating Afrikaner nationalism aren't the Zulu (or Xhosa, or Tswana, etc.) as a whole, but rather the rapidly growing black working class on the one hand, and English-speaking elites on the other.
If we take just the language, we're comparing (French, Italian, German) against (Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venḓa, Xhosa, Zulu and Afrikaans).
Proper noun examples
This is true of the whole Sotho-Tswana branch of languages.
If your wife descends from Tswana-speaking people she doesn't escape guilt since the Bakgalagadi moved into the southern Kalahari which was, again, previously inhabited by the San and Khoi.
They mention it for Tswana, albeit briefly.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use tswana in a sentence?
Loan words, but: Tsar (zar or sar), Tswana (50/50), and Tsetse fly (usually /ts/) from the Tswana language.
What does tswana mean?
The Bantu language of these people; Setswana.
What part of speech is tswana?
tswana is commonly used as noun.