Tswana (Setswana)

Tswana is a Bantu language spoken by about 4.4 million people in Bostwana, where it is the national and majority language, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The majority of speakers, about 3.6 million, live in South Africa, where the language is officially recognised. Tswana is closely related to Southern and Northern Sotho, and is also known as Beetjuans, Chuana, Coana, Cuana and Sechuana.

There some difference between the Tswana orthographies used in Botswana and South Africa.

Tswana pronunciation

Information on Tswana pronunciation compiled by Wolfram Seigel

Sample text in Tswana (Botswana's National Anthem)

Fatshe leno la rona,
Ke mpho ya Modimo,
Ke boswa jwa borraetsho;
A le nne ka kagiso.

Tsogang, tsogang! banna, tsogang!
Emang, basadi, emang, tlhagafalang!
Re kopaneleng go direla
Lefatshe la rona.

Ina lentle la tumo
La tšhaba ya Botswana,
Ka kutlwano le kagisano,
E bopagantswe mmogo.

Tsogang, tsogang! banna, tsogang!
Emang, basadi, emang, tlhagafalang!
Re kopaneleng go direla
Lefatshe la rona.

Source: http://setswana.blogspot.com

Links

Information about the Tswana language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tswana_language
http://www.panafril10n.org/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Tswana
http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/language/about/setswana.html

Other Niger-Congo languages

Akan, Bambara, Bamum, Bemba, Chichewa, Duala, Ewe, Ewondo Ga, Ganda, Herero, Igbo, Kirundi, Kpelle, Lingala, Mende, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, OshiWambo, Shona, Southern Sotho, Swahili, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana Twi, Wolof, Xhosa, Yorùbá, Zulu

Other languages written with the Latin alphabet

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