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Serolong, n.
Brit. |ˈsɛrəlɒŋ|, U.S. |ˈsɛrəˌlɔŋ|, |ˈsɛrəˌlɑŋ|, S. Afr. |ˈserɔlɔŋ|, |ˈserəlɒŋ|
[‹ Southern Sotho and Setswana Serolong > n.).]
The language of the Rolong of southern Africa, a variety of Setswana belonging to the Southern Sotho–Tswana group of narrow Bantu languages. Cf. Rolong n. 2.
1894tr. W. Crisp Testamente e Ncha (title-page), Secoana language. Serolong dialect. 1905G. W. Stow Native Races S. Afr. xxi. 407 The Bachoana proper, including the Batlapin, Barolong, etc., speaking the Sechoana and Serolong. 1919Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 18 131 These are nearly all the Suto songs... I will pass on, therefore, to the allied Serolong. 1928Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 4 898 The group is divided into two branches: Sechuana (with the dialects of Serolong, Setlaping, and Sekhatla) [etc.]. 1972Bk. Thousand Tongues (United Bible Soc.) (rev. ed.) 437/2 SeRolong, or the Tswana Rolong language, is spoken in south-western Transvaal and northern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa, and in adjacent Botswana. 1992C. Murray Black Mountain p. xii, Pitso (public assembly), a word common to Sesotho and Serolong, was also written pico in Serolong. |