Setswana

See also: setswana

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Tswana Setswana.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɛtˈswɑːnə/
• (US) enPR: sĕt-swäʹnə, IPA^(key): /sɛtˈswɑnə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

• Audio (UK)

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Proper noun

Setswana

1. A language spoken widely in Southern Africa, mainly in Botswana and South Africa in the Northern Cape, the central and western Free State and in the North West province, and also, to a lesser extent, in Namibia, also known as Tswana.

Synonyms

• Tswana

Translations

Tswana — see Tswana

See also

• Sekgalagadi
• Shilozi
• Ethnologue entry for Setswana, tsn

References

September 2000 UNESCO. World Languages Survey Report - Prepared by the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (South Africa).

Anagrams

• seawants

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Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈtswa.na/

Proper noun

Setswana

1. Tswana (language); Setswana