Tswana

[ tswah-nuh, swah- ]

noun,plural Tswa·nas, (especially collectively) Tswa·na.
  1. a member of a numerous people of Botswana and neighboring parts of South Africa.

  2. the language of the Tswana, a Bantu language.

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Tswana

/ (ˈtswɑːnə) /


noun
  1. plural -na or -nas a member of a mixed Negroid and Bushman people of the Sotho group of southern Africa, living chiefly in Botswana

  2. the language of this people, belonging to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family: the principal language of Botswana

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