Language code: tn
Technical information about ISO 639 language code tn
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The table below provides technical details for the Tswana language, designated by the tn code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Tswana Native Setswana |
| Family | Bantu |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Central TswanaNorthwestern TswanaNorthern TswanaSouthwestern TswanaSoutheastern Tswana |
| Related languages | Southern SothoNorthern SothoLoziKgalagadi |
| Key facts | Member of the Sotho–Tswana subgroup of Southern BantuEmploys up to 18 noun classes that govern agreement across the sentenceStandard orthography (Latin script) was fixed in 1937 by the Bantu Orthography CommitteeTone is contrastive (high vs. low) but normally left unmarked in writingThe first complete Tswana Bible appeared in 1908, spurring early literacy efforts |
| Sample phrase | Dumela, o kae? |
| Character encodings | |
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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
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Tswana speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- What is Localizely?
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- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and Statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- FAQ
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ