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BOTSWANA [2 records]

Record 1 2017-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
BW
classification system code, see observation
BWA
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Capital: Gaborone.

OBS

Inhabitant: Botswanan.

OBS

Botswana: common name of the country.

OBS

BW; BWA: codes recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
BW
classification system code, see observation
BWA
classification system code, see observation
OBS

État d'Afrique australe.

OBS

Capitale : Gaborone.

OBS

Habitant : Botswanais, Botswanaise.

OBS

Botswana : nom usuel du pays.

OBS

BW; BWA : codes reconnus par l'ISO.

PHR

aller au Botswana, visiter le Botswana

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
Entrada(s) universal(es)
BW
classification system code, see observation
BWA
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Capital: Gaborone.

OBS

Habitante: botsuano, botsuana.

OBS

Botsuana; Botswana: nombres usuales del país.

OBS

BW; BWA: códigos reconocidos por la ISO.

OBS

Botsuana; República de Botsuana: nombres en español recomendados por la Real Academia Española y la Unión Europea.

OBS

Botswana; República de Botswana: nombres reconocidos por las Naciones Unidas.

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Record 2 2011-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

The language of the Tswana, a Bantu language spoken by members of a numerous people of Botswana and neighbouring parts of South Africa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue bantoue, très proche du sotho, parlée en République du Botswana (anciennement Bechuanaland), en Afrique du Sud, par les Tswanas.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicolingüística, sociolingüística y etnolingüística
OBS

Una de las lenguas oficiales de Sudáfrica.

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