مردم تسوانا
مردم تسوانا شاخه‌ای از مردم بانتوزبان در جنوب آفریقا هستند. زبان تسوانا متعلق به خانوادهٔ زبان‌های بانتو است و این نیز خود جزئی از شاخهٔ بزرگتر زبان‌های نیجر-کنگو است.
مردم تسوانا تشکیل‌دهندهٔ بیش از ۸۰٪ از جمعیت جمهوری بوتسواناند.
Depiction of a congregation of Tswana people with دیوید لیوینگستون (کاشف)، by the London Missionary Society، circa 1900 | |
| مناطق با جمعیت چشمگیر | |
|---|---|
 بوتسوانا | Population of ethnic Tswana is unknown – the last census to solicite ethnicity in Botswana was in 1946 (Tlou, 1985) in two districts – In Ngamiland the ethnic Tswana were half the population of the non-Tswana (7,000 vs 16 000 (Wayeyi alone) (Tlou 1985). In the Central District, the non-Tswana – the Kalanga specifically, were more the than the Tswana. The ethnic Tswana are found in the Southern part of the Country. Walter and Ringenberg (1994) estimated that the non-Tswana make 90% of the Population. RETENG, an organisation which has long advocated for national census to ask ethnicity of citizens without success did an estimate study using the 2001 Population data and estimated that the ethnic Tswana made 17.9% of the population while the non-Tswana made 60%. Since Setswana is medium of instruction in school currently about 78% of the population of Botswana are able to speak Setswana (Central Statistics Office, 2001) with varying levels of competence and comprehension. |
 آفریقای جنوبی | 4,067,248 (زبان تسوانا) |
| زبان‌ها | |
| زبان تسوانا | |
| دین | |
| مسیحیت، African Traditional Religion. | |
| قومیت‌های وابسته | |
| The Sotho، The Northern Sotho، The خویسان | |