Country
Languages of Botswana
The Linguasphere Register records 7 entries for Botswana, spread across 3 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
7Register entries
3Sectors present
4Zones
2Language entries
0= AFRICA 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN
Register entries recorded in Botswana
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
08= | KHOISANIC | Zone | Covers the "Central Khoisan" grouping (part of the "wider Khoisan" hypothesis). |
09= | KALAHARI | Zone | Covers the Kalahari reference area (within the "wider Khoisan" hypothesis), composed of the "North-Khoisan" set 09-A … |
52-A | NORSK + FRYSK | Set | GERMANIC,. |
52= | GERMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
99-AUR-sg | fwe | Inner | |
99-AUT-a | chiZezuru + chiKaranga | Outer | Shona, zezuru + karanga, bantu-S10’s. |
99= | BANTUIC | Zone | Covers the "broad Bantu", "narrow Bantu + Bantoid" or Isizulu + Tiv set (the central-southern section of "old … |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.