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 (6)

Label Occurrences
Sotho-Tswana peoples canonical 11
Sotho–Tswana peoples 6
Sotho 5

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 (28)

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
Difaqane → involves → Sotho-Tswana peoples ⓘ
Lifaqane → involvesEthnicGroup → Sotho-Tswana peoples ⓘ
Tlokwa → partOf → Sotho–Tswana peoples ⓘ
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Tlokwa → sharesLinguisticFeaturesWith → Sotho people ⓘ
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Tlokwa → sharesCulturalFeaturesWith → Sotho–Tswana peoples ⓘ
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Ellen Kuzwayo → ethnicGroup → Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Nguni → relatedGroup → Sotho-Tswana peoples ⓘ
Mokoena → hasEthnolinguisticOrigin → Sotho-Tswana peoples ⓘ
Molefe → ethnicAssociation → Sotho people ⓘ
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act → targetedEthnicGroups → Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Kololo people → partOf → Sotho peoples ⓘ
linked to: Sotho-Tswana peoples
Bangwaketse → ethnolinguisticGroup → Sotho-Tswana peoples ⓘ
Thokoza → hasEthnicCommunity → Sotho-Tswana peoples ⓘ
Bakwena → partOf → Sotho-Tswana peoples ⓘ