Language code: tn

Technical information about ISO 639 language code tn

The table below provides technical details for the Tswana language, designated by the tn code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

tn

Name

Official

Tswana

Native

Setswana

Family
Bantu
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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Tswana, also known as Setswana, belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, more specifically to the Bantu subgroup. It is one of the official languages in Botswana and South Africa, and is also used in some parts of Namibia. It is written using the Latin script (Tswana alphabet). It is estimated that there are around 13 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Tswana speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

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