Languages of the country

Botswana

Official languages (2): English, Tswana. Multilingualism according to CLDR (Greenberg index): 0.49 (multilingualism map). Population (CLDR): 2.5 million.

Map of regions

We have not described regional languages for this country yet – the map shows the whole country in the colour of its main language.

Languages and their status

Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.

LanguageStatusShare
English Co-official 81%
Tswana Setswana Co-official 62%
Afrikaans Minority 0.2%

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