Tswana language
![Geographical distribution of Setswana in South Africa: proportion of the population that speaks Setswana at home.
0–20%
20–40%
40–60%
60–80%
80–100%](/Images/godic/202502/10/South_Africa_2011_Tswana_speakers_proportion_map.svg4528.png")
![Geographical distribution of Setswana in South Africa: density of Setswana home-language speakers.
<1 /km²
1–3 /km²
3–10 /km²
10–30 /km²
30–100 /km²
100–300 /km²
300–1000 /km²
1000–3000 /km²
>3000 /km²](/Images/godic/202502/10/South_Africa_2011_Tswana_speakers_density_map.svg4528.png")
The Tswana language, Setswana, is a language spoken in southern Africa by about five million people. It is a Bantu language belonging to the Niger–Congo language family within the Sotho languages branch of Zone S (S.30), and is closely related to the Northern- and Southern Sotho languages, as well as the Kgalagadi language and the Lozi language.