Dumela!
say it: “doo-MEH-lah”
Setswana
in its own words: Setswana
- Speakers
- 14 million (estimate)
- Family
- Niger-Congo – Bantu
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Script
- Latin
- Official language
- Botswana, South Africa (regional)
Fun fact
Setswana is the main language of Botswana. The Botswanan currency, the pula, bears the Setswana word for rain, which also means blessing.