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The Tswana ( , singular Motswana) are a Southern African people. The Tswana language belongs to the Bantu group of the Niger � Congo languages. Ethnic Tswana make up about 20% of the population of Botswana; however, they have managed to inject their culture to the majority of the tribes in Botswana. The term Batswana is sometimes used simply to mean citizens of Botswana,supporting the assimilation policy and can include Khoisan people, Whites and Coloureds. In the nineteenth century, a common spelling and pronunciation of Batswana was Bechuana. Europeans therefore referred to the area inhabited by the Tswana as Bechuanaland. In the Tswana language, however, Botswana is the name for the country of the Tswana. |