Atlantic-Congo · East Africa · Southern Africa

Tswana

Not endangered

Tswana is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyAtlantic-Congo
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3tsn
Glottocodetswa1253

Spoken in Botswana · Namibia · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Atlantic-Congo's family tree with Tswana.

  1. Lozi

    Not endangered
    Grammar

  2. Southern Sotho

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  3. Kgalagadi

    Threatened
    Grammar

  4. Birwa

    Threatened
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  5. Pedi

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  6. Tswapong

    Shifting
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  7. Chopi

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  8. Gitonga

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

Reference data for Tswana from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)