Tswanaadj.n.

1891 J. Torrend Compar. Gram. S.-Afr. Bantu Langs. 57 The Chwana people, the Suto people.

1903 Lokwalō loa Dipesalema 2 The Book of Psalms in the Chuana Language, revised, and in the new orthography.

1930 Bantu Studies IV. 211 It is therefore probable that they may still be more widespread, at least among the Sotho-Tswana tribes.

1932 D. Jones Outl. Eng. Phonetics (ed. 3) xxix. 227 Strong stress without accompanying loudness is a common feature of the Chwana language of South Africa.

1949 I. Schapera in M. Fortes Social Struct. 104 In contrast to most other Bantu-speaking peoples of southern Africa, the Tswana tribes of the Bechuanaland Protectorate have remarkably few marriage prohibitions.

1980 ‘R. First’ & A. Scott Olive Schreiner i. 37 Basotho and Tswana refugees.

2004 C. R. Ember & M. Ember Encycl. Sex & Gender 922/1 The Tswana people live in southern Africa and largely populate the country of Botswana.

1891 J. Torrend Compar. Gram. S.-Afr. Bantu Langs. 38 The association of Chwana with the language of Mozambique may appear astonishing on account of its novelty.

1906 J. McLaren Gram. Kaffir Lang. §140. 170 When we compare Suto and Chwana on the one hand, with Kaffir and Zulu on the other, we find what appears at first sight a very great diversity.

1937 Bantu Studies XI. 137 The orthography set out in the present pamphlet represents the latest result of a prolonged series of efforts made..by the Education Departments..to arrive at a uniform orthography of Tswana.

1948 M. Guthrie Classif. Bantu Lang. iv. 68 In Tswana the verbal has the extra suffix -ŋ.

2001 A. De Swaan Words of World vi. 117 In Botswana, at least 80 per cent of the Batswana speak Tswana as their mother tongue.

1938 I. Schapera Handbk. Tswana Law & Custom Pref. p. xi Repeated requests from the Tswana themselves that their ancient laws and customs should be recorded for posterity.

1957 C. G. Seligman Races of Afr. (ed. 2) viii. 120 The Sotho..includes the Southern Sotho of Lesotho..the Tswana..of Botswana and western Transvaal, and the Northern Sotho..of central and northern Transvaal.

1973 J. J. McKelvey Man against Tsetse i. 16 Cumming went..down to the hunting grounds of the Limpopo against the advice of the local people, the Tswanas.

1975 ‘D. Jordan’ Black Acct. xviii. 96 A girl came down the steps..she was blonde, and slim and tall... ‘I thought you were all Tswana here,’ I said.

2004 C. R. Ember & M. Ember Encycl. Sex & Gender 922/1 The contemporary economy of the Tswana is grounded in the cattle and diamond-mining industries.