Motswana

E261308

A Motswana is an individual belonging to the Tswana ethnic group, primarily associated with the country of Botswana and neighboring regions of Southern Africa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Batswana 1
Motswana canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf demonym ⓘ
ethnonym ⓘ
associatedWithCapitalCity Gaborone ⓘ
associatedWithCountry Botswana ⓘ
associatedWithCurrency Botswana pula ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Tswana people ⓘ
associatedWithFlag Flag of Botswana ⓘ
associatedWithGovernment Government of Botswana ⓘ
associatedWithLanguage Setswana ⓘ
Tswana language ⓘ
linked to: Setswana
associatedWithRegion Botswana–Namibia borderlands ⓘ
linked to: northern Botswana

Botswana–South Africa borderlands ⓘ
linked to: northern Botswana

Southern Africa ⓘ
belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup Tswana ⓘ
linked to: Setswana
belongsToNation Batswana nation ⓘ
citizenshipTermOf Republic of Botswana ⓘ
linked to: Botswana
continent Africa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Botswana ⓘ
culturalRegion Kalahari Basin ⓘ
ethnicIdentity Tswana ⓘ
linked to: Setswana
ethnicLanguageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
ethnicMacroFamily Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
ethnicMajorityIn Botswana ⓘ
hasCollectiveIdentity Batswana ⓘ
linked to: Tswana people
hasCulturalPractice bogwera (traditional initiation, historically) ⓘ
bojale (traditional initiation for women, historically) ⓘ
hasGenderedForm Motswana man ⓘ
Motswana woman ⓘ
isSingularFormOf Batswana ⓘ
linked to: Tswana people
legalStatus citizen of Botswana (in civic context) ⓘ
nativeTo Botswana ⓘ
parts of Namibia ⓘ
parts of South Africa ⓘ
parts of Zimbabwe ⓘ
pluralForm Batswana ⓘ
refersTo individual of the Tswana ethnic group ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Bakwena ⓘ
Bapedi ⓘ
Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
relatedGroup Sotho-Tswana peoples ⓘ
religion African traditional religion (minority) ⓘ
Christianity (majority) ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood arable farming ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
usedInLanguage English ⓘ
Setswana ⓘ
writingSystemForLanguage Latin alphabet (for Setswana) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Tswana people → singularForm → Motswana ⓘ
Bapedi → relatedEthnicGroup → Batswana ⓘ
linked to: Motswana