Tswana

Tswa·na

[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) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , -na, -nas
1.  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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