Botswana Languages

Description
The official languages of Botswana are English and Tswana.
 * English - Inherited from colonial rule and is used for official business and most written communication.
 * Tswana - The language of the Tswana people—Setswana—is a country's national language, and is spoken by most of the population.
 * In Setswana, prefixes are more important than they are in many other languages, since Setswana is a Bantu language and has noun classes denoted by these prefixes. They include:
 * Bo, which refers to the country
 * Ba, which refers to the people,
 * Mo, which is one person, and
 * Se which is the language.

For example, the main ethnic group of Botswana is the Tswana people, hence the name Botswana for its country. The people as a whole are Batswana, one person is a Motswana, and the language they speak is Setswana. Over 20 smaller languages are also spoken. Some of the country's languages are in danger of becoming extinct. Here is a list of the languages in Botswana:

Word List(s)

 * Useful phrases in Tswana at Omniglot
 * Tswana phrasebook at Wikivoyage

Alphabet and Pronunciation

 * Tswana Language Vowels at Wikipedia
 * Tswana Language Consonants at Wikipedia
 * Tswana Language Stress at Wikipedia
 * Tswana Language Tone at Wikipedia

Language Aids and Dictionaries

 * Nouns at Wikipedia
 * Dictionary Tswana - English at Glosbe
 * Dictionary between Setswana (Tswana) and English Translation Online at ATS
 * An Introduction to the Setswana Language at Peace Corps

Additional Resources

 * Bogwasi, Beauty. Conversational Setswana : an African laguage from Botswana. Maun, Botswana : Beauty Bogwasi, [2012]. Available at WorldCat
 * University of Botswana. Department of African Languages and Literature. The sound system of Setswana. Gaborone, Botswana : Lightbooks, 2001. Available at WorldCat
 * Wookey, Alfred John. Setswana-English phrasebook = Puisanyo ya sekgowa le Setswana. Gaborone, Botswana : Pula Press, 2000. Available at WorldCat
 * Wookey, Alfred John. Puisanyo ya sekgowa le Setswana : with a short introduction to grammar and a vocabulary. Gaberones : Botswana Book Centre, 1972, [©1963]. Available at WorldCat