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Definition of Setswana
1. Noun. The dialect of Sotho spoken by the Tswana in Botswana.
Definition of Setswana
1. Proper noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Setswana
Literary usage of Setswana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Researching Mathematics Education in South Africa: Perspectives, Practices by Renuka Vithal, Jill Adler, Christine Keitel (2005)
"While some of the technical mathematics terms are available in Setswana, ...
For instance, while the Setswana word for an equilateral triangle is ..."
2. South Africa's Magnifying Glass: A Profile of Gauteng Province by Pieter Kok, Ronelle Brandt (1998)
"... concentrations of siSwati and Xitsonga speakers; to the west, by the diffusion
of Setswana; and to the north, by Tshivenda and the border of Zimbabwe. ..."
3. OECD Review of Agricultural Policies by OECD. (2006)
"Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana,
siSwati, Tshivenda and Xitsonga. According to the Census 2001, isiZulu is the ..."
4. Democracy South Africa: Evaluating the 1999 Election by Yvonne G. Muthien (1999)
"At a quarter or just less of the stations, either isiXhosa or isiZulu was spoken.
The next most widespread languages were Setswana, ..."
5. From School to Higher Education: Factors Affecting the Choices of Grade 12 ...by Michael Cosser, Jacques Du Toit by Michael Cosser, Jacques Du Toit (2002)
"... one in ten learners learns through the medium of Setswana. Nevertheless, 82%
of learners learn through the medium of English. 10.5% through Afrikaans. ..."
6. Black Composers of Southern Africa by Yvonne Huskisson, Sarita Hauptfleisch (1992)
"Handles SeTswana language programme of Radio ... Member of SeTswana Board (1985-87).
Member of SABC Board (1982-85). First composed in 1969 with ..."
7. South African Science Education Research: An Indexed Bibliography by Rudiger Laugksch (2003)
"These comprised 134 rural high school Setswana-speaking science teachers from
... Data was collected from the Setswana-speaking science teachers using the ..."
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