What languages are spoken in Botswana?

Answer 1

The official language of the Republic of Namibia is English. However, Afrikaans, German, Ovambo, Oshivambo, Nama, Damara, Nama-damara, Herero, Tswana and Xoi-san are also widely spoken.

Namara, Dama, Herero, Oshivambo, San, English, Afrikaans & Deutsch (German).
Namibia is home to a wide diversity of languages, from three language families: Indo-European, Bantu and Khoisan.The most widely spoken languages are Oshiwambo dialects, by 48% of the population, the Khoekhoe language by 11%, Afrikaans by 11%, Kwangali language by 10% and Herero by 10%. English, the official language.
The official language is English, recognised regional languages are German, Afrikaans and Oshiwambo and Portugese to a much lesse extent (Angolan influence)
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English is the only official language of the Republic of Namibia. German and Afrikaans are recognised languages and widely spoken, while other regional and traditional languages make up the balance of the 11 languages spoken in the country. Strange that English is the only official language there, when it's the home, or native, language of less than 1% of the population.
The sole official language of Namibia, as recognised by the Namibian Government, is English. However, German, Afrikaans and Oshiwambo are recognised as regional languages.
Official language-English
Recognised regional languages-Afrikaans, German, Oshiwambo
there e.g afrikaans, diriku, english, fwe, hail lom:, herero,ju l'hoan,kung-ekoka, kwambi, kwangali , kwanyama, = l kx'au l l' ein:, kxoe: ,lozi, mashi ,mbalanhu , mbukushu, nama, naro, ndonga ,subiya,totela,tswana,vasekela bushman, !xoo, yeyi, zemba .
Namibians actually speak English
One that includes a distinctive clicking sound
The only official language is English. There are several National Languages, which are also used in schooling etc. These are (in alphabetical order): Afrikaans, German, Khoekhoegowab, OshiKwanyama, OshiNdonga , OtjiHerero, RuKwangali, SeTswana, SiLozi.

Most widely spoke and understood language is Afrikaans.
Languages that are wildly spoken in Namibia are 1. Oshiwambo dialects 2. Khoekhoe 3. Kwangali 4. Herero 5. Afrikaans 6. German 7. 1% Portuguese, Other native languages include the Bantu languages Tswana, Gciriku, Fwe, Kuhane, Mbukushu, Yeyi; and the Khoisan Naro, ǃXóõ, Kung-Ekoka, ǂKxʼauǁʼeinand Kxoe.

English, the official language.

Official Language is English.
Although Namibia's official language is English, the most commonly spoken languages are Oshiwambo and Afrikaans.
Among the older people, Afrikaans is the most widely understood language. Among the younger people, English is the most widely understood.
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The official language is English.

Answer 2

Tswana (Setswana), is a Bantu language written in the Latin Alphabet. Tswana is the national and majority language of Botswana, whose people are the Batswana (singular Motswana). Although Setswana is the official language of Botswana, the majority of Setswana speakers are actually in the country of South Africa, but there are also speakers in Zimbabwe and Namibia. Internationally there are about 4 million speakers. Before South Africa became a multi-racial democracy, the bantustan of Bophuthatswana was set up to cover the Tswana speakers of South Africa.

Other principal languages of Botswana are Kalanga, Sekgalagadi and English. 2008 The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 140th Anniversary Edition.

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From March 31, 1885, until September 30, 1966, the name of the modern country of Botswana was the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland. A legacy of dependence on the United Kingdom was the dominance of the English language in the operation of business and government, and in education. And so English remains the official language of the independent country. But English language speakers are estimated to account for around 2%of the total population.

About 80% of the population claims membership in one of the eight main tribes of the Tswana ethnic group. Setswanais the language of the Tswana. It also is the main spoken language of Botswana. Statistics that include bilingual speakers of Setswana and one of the other 24 spoken African languages within the country raise the percentage of the country's inhabitants who know, speak and understand Setswana to around 95% of the total population.

The status of English as the official language, and of Setswana as the national language, is reinforced by the educational system. For Botswana is almost totally literate, through the primary school level of education. In primary schools throughout the country, Setswana is the language of all communications. But it's displaced by mandatory use of English at all educational levels beyond the primary.

The status of Setswana as the national language further is reinforced by the Constitution. All but three of the seats in the legislative House of Chiefs are filled by the most important chiefs of the eight main ethnic tribes of the Tswana ethnic group. Subchiefs from eight other ethnic tribes are rotated as candidates to be elected to the remaining three seats.

Varying estimates are offered as to what percentage of the total population speaks languages other than English and Setswana. And it isn't always clear in the available figures how many speakers are fluent in at least two of the country's 25 spoken African languages. But rounded-off figures tend to agree on the Kalanga ethnic group as accounting for 11% of the total population; Basarwa 3%; Kgalagadi 3%; all other native ethnic groups, such as the Bakalanga and the Bayei, along with European and other white residents, and immigrant black South Africans and Zimbabweans, as 3%.

Tswana
English and Setswana are the official languages
the official language
There are two official languages English and setswana.
English and Setswana
English, and Setswana
English and Setswana
English and Tswana
English and Setswana are the official languages, Setswana being the main spoken language
English and Tswana
The national language spoken in Botswana is Setswana....
Setswana, Kalanga, Sekgalagadi, English and a number of lesser dialects and languages spoken by only a few people.

Also:

Zezuru

Yeyi

Tswapong

IN BOTZWANA IS SPOKEN ENGLISH

Answer 3

The 1 official language of the Republic of Namibia is English, but it is only spoken by 3% of the population.

The most spoken language is Oshiwambo

The recognized national languages are:

1. Afrikaans
   
2. German
   
3. Otjiherero
   
4. Khoekhoegowab
   
5. Oshiwambo
   
6. Rukwangali
   
7. Setswana
   
8. Silozi
   

The recognized regional languages are:

1. Ju'hoansi
   
2. Rumanyo
   
3. Thimbukushu
   

Namibian Sign Language (NSL) is used in Namibia and Angola. It is presumed that there are other sign languages in these countries, but not much research has been done.

Answer 4

The 1 official language of Botswana is English.

Tswana is the most widely spoken language in Botswana, and is considered the national language. As of 2017, about 90% of the population speaks Tswana, also called Setswana

Here is a list of all 29 languages spoken in Botswana:

1. Afrikaans
   
2. Ani
   
3. Birwa
   
4. English
   
5. Gana
   
6. Gciriku
   
7. |Gwi
   
8. Herero
   
9. Hua
   
10. Ju|'hoan
    
11. Kalanga
    
12. Kgalagadi
    
13. Khwe
    
14. Kua
    
15. Kuhane
    
16. Kx'au'ein
    
17. Lozi
    
18. Mbukushu
    
19. Nama
    
20. Nambya
    
21. Naro
    
22. Ndebele
    
23. Shua
    
24. South African Sign Language
25. Tsoa
    
26. Tswana
    
27. Tswapong
    
28. !Xóõ
    
29. Yeyi
    
30. Zezuru
    

South African Sign Language is the main sign language in Botswana, but it is more common for interpreters to use "manually coded Tswana", where they take the signs of SASL and use them to literally translate the Tswana language, word-for-word, which is not natural sign language.

Answer 5

Among the older people, Afrikaans is the most widely understood language. Among the younger people, English is the most widely understood.

Answer 6

Tswana is the most widely spoken language, even though English is the official language.