Examples of using Setswana in English and their translations into Russian
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English(first language), Setswana, Urdu.
Setswana for"Protect the Children" Sereletsa Bana.
English(fluent, first language), Setswana, Urdu.
Setswana is used in schools and national mass media.
Their main languages are Sesotho and Setswana.
Currently Setswana and English are offered as subjects.
The two most widely spoken languages here are Setswana and English.
Setswana is the national language and is spoken by over 96 per cent of the population.
The languages used included Tsonga, Setswana, Sesotho, Siswati Venda, Xhosa and Zulu;
While Setswana is the national language, English is the official business language.
Languages spoken: English, Setswana and Ikalanga mother tongue.
However, Setswana was the mother tongue for 85 per cent of the population- an overwhelming majority.
Each of the programmes in these two series will be adapted into Afrikaans,Lesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu.
The spouse has sufficient knowledge of the Setswana language or any language spoken by any tribal community in Botswana;
The medium of instruction in public schools: Primary,Junior Secondary and Senior Secondary are Setswana and/or English.
The figures showed that Setswana is spoken by 78.2% people followed by Ikalanga which is spoken by 7.9% people.
Initially, the underlying motive for the predominant use of English and Setswana was meant to promote national unity.
Setswana was the national language spoken by the majority of the population, including non-Tswana, and taught in schools.
Each of the programmes in these two series will be adapted into Afrikaans,Lesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu.
In Botswana, the Setswana word for rain, pula, is used as the name of the national currency, in recognition of the economic importance of rain in its country, since it has a desert climate.
In addition, it is assumed that many people speak more than one language(e.g., Setswana and Ikalanga) and this may not be captured by the data in the Census.
Such children are also sometimes confronted by the difficulty of being unable to speak the languages of instruction used in schools which are Setswana and English.
The use of Setswana and English only at schools has often been viewed as a contributory factor to marginalisation of'minority' languages as well contributing to inferiority and the dying out of those languages.
The largest sub-grouping of these languages is Sotho-Tswana,which includes the national language Setswana and such other closely related, mutually intelligible, dialects as Shekgalagari, Setswapong and Sebirwa.
Moving on to question 25, he said that while Setswana and English were the only languages formally used in schools, the Government had recognized that other languages spoken in the country should be brought into the curriculum.
Multilingualism will be encouraged through the eleven official national languages(Afrikaans, English, isiNdebele, Sepedi, siSwati,Sesotho, Setswana, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, isiXhosa and isiZulu), which will be taught on equal terms.
It would be useful to have a full account of the situation of nonSetswanaspeaking ethnic groups regarding access to education,which was apparently hampered by the fact that education was provided only in English and Setswana.
Some NGOs such as Tirisanyo Catholic Council have established preschool programmes in these areas staffed by people from the local communities inorder to enable these youngsters to learn Setswana and English and to be able to become familiar with the school environment and routine.
The radio programmes, translated into Sesotho, Setswana, Xhosa and Zulu, are disseminated to radio organizations whose transmissions can be heard in South Africa and in neighbouring countries, as well as to radio stations in other parts of the world.
Although both the Revised National Policy on Education andthe Blue Prints on Education stipulate that Setswana and English shall be among the core subjects, there is no law or policy that prohibits the teaching of other languages in schools.