Tswapong
PrintA language of Botswana
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Setswapong
Population
2,000 (Andersson and Janson 1997).
Location
Central District, Mahalapye subdistrict; all villages east of Mahalapye.
Language Maps
Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Dialects
Some similarities to Northern Sotho [nso] and some to Tswana [tsn], but it is not clearly a dialect of either. Some intelligibility of northern dialect speakers of Tswana (Sengwato and Setawana), and of speakers of a northwestern dialect of Northern Sotho. Some Birwa [brl] and Tswapong [two] say their varieties are more similar to one another than to Tswana or Northern Sotho.
Several groups: the Ramokgonami, Maifela, Chadibe, Sefbare, Tupsa.