Tswana

Tswana

Setswana
4.5M speakers · Niger-Congo › Bantu · Latin
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South AfricaZimbabweZambiaBotswanaNamibia
Related varieties
LingalaSwahiliKinyarwandaZuluChichewaRundiLuba-KatangaShonaXhosaMakhuwaTumbukaLuba-Lulua

Written in the Latin script. Uses SVO word order.

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Word Order Examples
Interlinear glossed examples showing constituent order

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Official in 1 countries

South Africa
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Typology

Word order SVO
Adjective after noun
Numeral after noun
Adposition preposition
Def. article no
Indef. article no
Pro-drop no
Gender no
Noun cases no

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Lingala BantuSwahili BantuKinyarwanda BantuZulu BantuChichewa BantuRundi BantuLuba-Katanga BantuShona Bantu
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