Editing Botswana (section)

===Languages===
{{Main|Languages of Botswana|Setswana}}
The official language of Botswana is English, while [[Setswana]] is widely spoken across the country.<ref name="gov.bw languages" /> In Setswana, [[prefix]]es are more important than they are in many other languages, because Setswana is a [[Bantu language]] and has noun classes denoted by these prefixes. They include ''Bo'', which refers to the country, ''Ba'', which refers to the people, ''Mo'', which is one person, and ''Se'' which is the language. For example, the main ethnic group of Botswana is the Tswana people, hence the name Botswana for its country. The people as a whole are Batswana, one person is a Motswana, and the language they speak is Setswana.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.botswana.co.za/Cultural_Issues-travel/cultural-people-botswana.html | title=Culture and Traditions of Botswana | access-date=13 April 2024 | archive-date=21 April 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421205122/https://www.botswana.co.za/Cultural_Issues-travel/cultural-people-botswana.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=South African History Online |url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/tswana |access-date=13 April 2024 |archive-date=3 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203180415/https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/tswana |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other languages spoken in Botswana include [[Kalanga language|Kalanga]] (Sekalanga), [[Tshwa language|Sarwa]] (Sesarwa), [[Northern Ndebele language|Ndebele]], Kgalagadi, Tswapong, [[!Xóõ]], Yeyi, and, in some parts, [[Afrikaans]].<ref>{{cite web |title=What Languages Are Spoken In Botswana? |date=August 2017 |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-botswana.html |access-date=13 April 2024 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221171814/https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-languages-are-spoken-in-botswana.html |url-status=live }}</ref>