Sotho-Tswana peoples

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The Sotho-Tswana peoples are a closely related group of Bantu-speaking ethnic communities of Southern Africa, including the Sotho, Tswana, and Pedi, known for shared linguistic, cultural, and historical traditions.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sotho-Tswana peoples canonical 4
Sotho–Tswana peoples 4
Sotho 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu peoples
ethnic group
colonialExperience Boer expansion
British colonial rule
continent Africa
countryOfResidence Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Zimbabwe
culturalTrait age-set initiation systems
bogwera initiation for males
bojale initiation for females
cattle-based economy
chieftaincy-based political organization
homestead-based settlements
patrilineal clans
economicActivity agriculture
cattle herding
historicalProcess Bantu expansion
state formation in Southern Africa
includeEthnicGroup Basotho
linked to: Basotho people

Batswana
linked to: Tswana people

Northern Sotho people
Pedi people
Sotho people
linked to: Basotho people

Southern Sotho people
linked to: Basotho people

Tswana people
Western Sotho people
linked to: Basotho people
languageFamily Bantu languages
linguisticCharacteristic Sotho-Tswana language continuum
mutually intelligible languages
region Southern Africa
relatedEthnicGroup Nguni peoples
linked to: Nguni people

Shona people
Venda people
religion African Independent Churches
Christianity
speakLanguage Northern Sotho language
Sepedi
Sesotho
Setswana
Southern Sotho language
linked to: Sesotho

Tswana language
linked to: Setswana
subfamily Sotho-Tswana languages
traditionalBelief ancestor veneration
belief in a supreme being
traditionalHousing rondavel dwellings
traditionalReligion African traditional religion
traditionalSupremeBeingName Modimo

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Motsepe ethnicAssociation Sotho-Tswana peoples
Tswana people subgroupOf Sotho–Tswana peoples
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Tswana people relatedEthnicGroup Sotho people
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Winburg, Orange Free State hasEthnicGroup Sotho-Tswana peoples
Mosotho associatedWith Sotho–Tswana peoples
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Mfecane hasKeyGroup Sotho-Tswana communities
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Sotho–Tswana languages ethnolinguisticGroup Sotho–Tswana peoples
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Northern Sotho people ethnolinguisticGroup Sotho–Tswana peoples
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Orange River Colony mainEthnicGroups Sotho-Tswana peoples
Bantu peoples includeEthnicGroup Sotho
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Motswana relatedGroup Sotho-Tswana peoples
Black South African hasEthnicSubgroup Sotho
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Andrew Mlangeni ethnicGroup Sotho
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Thabo isUsedBy Sotho people
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples