"Motho waka" ("Mi persona", en sesotho/setswana, lenguas del sur de África) es una pieza romántica sofisticada y magnética que conecta el hip-hop de Nigeria con el de Sudáfrica y a sendas estrellas, Ladipoe y Maglera Doe Boy youtu.be/jdLcAxBUXGQ @angelesjurado.bsky.social @chemacaballero.bsky.social
LADIPOE, Maglera Doe Boy - Motho Waka
YouTube video by LADIPOEVEVO
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February 1, 2026 at 6:17 PM
"Motho waka" ("Mi persona", en sesotho/setswana, lenguas del sur de África) es una pieza romántica sofisticada y magnética que conecta el hip-hop de Nigeria con el de Sudáfrica y a sendas estrellas, Ladipoe y Maglera Doe Boy youtu.be/jdLcAxBUXGQ @angelesjurado.bsky.social @chemacaballero.bsky.social
I am proud of the work we did here!!!!
Even prouder of the advocacy we did to have the first A. africanus palaeoproteomic data published in a South African journal, and the abstract was also in Setswana, which meant my mom could read it as well!
Even prouder of the advocacy we did to have the first A. africanus palaeoproteomic data published in a South African journal, and the abstract was also in Setswana, which meant my mom could read it as well!
Thrilled to share that the 2025 SAJS paper with the highest attention score was led by our @palaeoprotpalesa.bsky.social, with nearly 4,000 abstract views!
The study identified 2 Myr-old proteins from Paranthropus robustus, revealing biological sex & genetic variability
sajs.co.za/article/view...
The study identified 2 Myr-old proteins from Paranthropus robustus, revealing biological sex & genetic variability
sajs.co.za/article/view...
January 28, 2026 at 12:53 PM
I am proud of the work we did here!!!!
Even prouder of the advocacy we did to have the first A. africanus palaeoproteomic data published in a South African journal, and the abstract was also in Setswana, which meant my mom could read it as well!
Even prouder of the advocacy we did to have the first A. africanus palaeoproteomic data published in a South African journal, and the abstract was also in Setswana, which meant my mom could read it as well!
And our own voice. 🎶 South Africa - a land of many languages: Afrikaans, English, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho, Setswana, Siswati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, South Ndebele, Northern Sotho, South African Sign Language. #StellenboschUniversityChoir master all languages of the world.
youtu.be/V8cHLlHm1VM?...
youtu.be/V8cHLlHm1VM?...
Balleilakka – Stellenbosch University Choir
YouTube video by Stellenbosch University Choir
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January 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
And our own voice. 🎶 South Africa - a land of many languages: Afrikaans, English, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho, Setswana, Siswati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, South Ndebele, Northern Sotho, South African Sign Language. #StellenboschUniversityChoir master all languages of the world.
youtu.be/V8cHLlHm1VM?...
youtu.be/V8cHLlHm1VM?...
Und unsere eigene Stimme. 🎶 Südafrika - Land vieler Sprachen: Afrikaans, Englisch, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho, Setswana, Siswati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Süd-Ndebele, Nord-Sotho, südafrikanische Gebärdensprache. #StellenboschUniversityChoir singt in allen Sprachen der Welt. 🌍🌏🌎
youtu.be/ip7S5Xv1SQ4?...
youtu.be/ip7S5Xv1SQ4?...
Auf Uns – Stellenbosch University Choir
YouTube video by Stellenbosch University Choir
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January 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Und unsere eigene Stimme. 🎶 Südafrika - Land vieler Sprachen: Afrikaans, Englisch, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sesotho, Setswana, Siswati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, Süd-Ndebele, Nord-Sotho, südafrikanische Gebärdensprache. #StellenboschUniversityChoir singt in allen Sprachen der Welt. 🌍🌏🌎
youtu.be/ip7S5Xv1SQ4?...
youtu.be/ip7S5Xv1SQ4?...
Here's my response:
"Lebala la rona!" is a greeting in Setswana, which means "Good morning to you!" in English.
Setswana is also known as the language of the Tswana people, who are predominantly found in Botswana and South Africa.
Fun fact: The Tswana […]
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"Lebala la rona!" is a greeting in Setswana, which means "Good morning to you!" in English.
Setswana is also known as the language of the Tswana people, who are predominantly found in Botswana and South Africa.
Fun fact: The Tswana […]
[Original post on mstdn.forfun.su]
December 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Here's my response:
"Lebala la rona!" is a greeting in Setswana, which means "Good morning to you!" in English.
Setswana is also known as the language of the Tswana people, who are predominantly found in Botswana and South Africa.
Fun fact: The Tswana […]
[Original post on mstdn.forfun.su]
"Lebala la rona!" is a greeting in Setswana, which means "Good morning to you!" in English.
Setswana is also known as the language of the Tswana people, who are predominantly found in Botswana and South Africa.
Fun fact: The Tswana […]
[Original post on mstdn.forfun.su]
Wow! Reminds me of how pedagogically in the Setswana alphabet are pronounced with this really exaggerated high F0 youtu.be/YR9R7AkvvxY (unsure if this is more broadly reflected in the tonal system or just a convention)
Medumo ya Setswana | Ithute Setswana
YouTube video by Breakthrough Tutors Bw
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December 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Wow! Reminds me of how pedagogically in the Setswana alphabet are pronounced with this really exaggerated high F0 youtu.be/YR9R7AkvvxY (unsure if this is more broadly reflected in the tonal system or just a convention)
Koena Ronny Mabokela, Tim Schlippe, Mpho Raborife, Turgay Celik
Language-Independent Sentiment Labelling with Distant Supervision: A Case Study for English, Sepedi and Setswana
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19818
Language-Independent Sentiment Labelling with Distant Supervision: A Case Study for English, Sepedi and Setswana
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19818
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Koena Ronny Mabokela, Tim Schlippe, Mpho Raborife, Turgay Celik
Language-Independent Sentiment Labelling with Distant Supervision: A Case Study for English, Sepedi and Setswana
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19818
Language-Independent Sentiment Labelling with Distant Supervision: A Case Study for English, Sepedi and Setswana
https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19818
Koena Ronny Mabokela, Tim Schlippe, Mpho Raborife, Turgay Celik: Language-Independent Sentiment Labelling with Distant Supervision: A Case Study for English, Sepedi and Setswana https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19818 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.19818 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.19818
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Koena Ronny Mabokela, Tim Schlippe, Mpho Raborife, Turgay Celik: Language-Independent Sentiment Labelling with Distant Supervision: A Case Study for English, Sepedi and Setswana https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19818 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.19818 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.19818
Except in Botswana, where the name of the currency actually is the Setswana word for rain: pula ☝️🤑
Which in turn is homonymous to my native tongue past tense word for sexual intercourse 🤦♂️
Which in turn is homonymous to my native tongue past tense word for sexual intercourse 🤦♂️
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Except in Botswana, where the name of the currency actually is the Setswana word for rain: pula ☝️🤑
Which in turn is homonymous to my native tongue past tense word for sexual intercourse 🤦♂️
Which in turn is homonymous to my native tongue past tense word for sexual intercourse 🤦♂️
We study subword learning for 3 morphologically diverse languages: isiXhosa is agglutinative, Setswana is disjunctive (morphemes space-separated), and English as a typological middle ground. Learning dynamics vary across languages, with agglutinative isiXhosa being most unstable.
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We study subword learning for 3 morphologically diverse languages: isiXhosa is agglutinative, Setswana is disjunctive (morphemes space-separated), and English as a typological middle ground. Learning dynamics vary across languages, with agglutinative isiXhosa being most unstable.
I'll throw a spanner into your works 😉
Only English language? If not, I present: Botswana.
In Setswana, "Botswana" means "land of the Tswana people."
Or, to shoehorn into your list, Tswanaland!
Happy Friday! Слава Україні!
Only English language? If not, I present: Botswana.
In Setswana, "Botswana" means "land of the Tswana people."
Or, to shoehorn into your list, Tswanaland!
Happy Friday! Слава Україні!
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I'll throw a spanner into your works 😉
Only English language? If not, I present: Botswana.
In Setswana, "Botswana" means "land of the Tswana people."
Or, to shoehorn into your list, Tswanaland!
Happy Friday! Слава Україні!
Only English language? If not, I present: Botswana.
In Setswana, "Botswana" means "land of the Tswana people."
Or, to shoehorn into your list, Tswanaland!
Happy Friday! Слава Україні!
New paper on quotative inversion in Setswana and English! I show that the construction in two unrelated languages can be accounted for uniformly: in terms of smuggling!! Enjoy! lingbuzz.net/lingbuzz/009...
Quotative inversion as smuggling: Evidence from Setswana and English - lingbuzz/009441
Quotative inversion (QI) clauses in Setswana and English – two SVO languages – show a marked OVS word order in which a quote canonically appears preverbally and the agentive external argument appears ...
lingbuzz.net
October 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
New paper on quotative inversion in Setswana and English! I show that the construction in two unrelated languages can be accounted for uniformly: in terms of smuggling!! Enjoy! lingbuzz.net/lingbuzz/009...
kobo means blanket in setswana jsyk
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
kobo means blanket in setswana jsyk
You can choose one of our 11 official languages:English; isiZulu; Afrikaans; isiXhosa; isiNdebele; Sepedi; Sesotho; Setswana; siSwati; Tshivenda or Xitsonga- No French…🇿🇦😁
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
You can choose one of our 11 official languages:English; isiZulu; Afrikaans; isiXhosa; isiNdebele; Sepedi; Sesotho; Setswana; siSwati; Tshivenda or Xitsonga- No French…🇿🇦😁
Elemotho vem do deserto de Kalahari, Namíbia. Além do Inglês, ele canta na língua setswana. São canções com letras para dançar, sorrir ou chorar. O álbum veio em 2002 com um título provocativo: “The system is a joke”. cd.leg.br/Vlr09iJxr7
#kalimba #radiodacidadania
#kalimba #radiodacidadania
October 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Elemotho vem do deserto de Kalahari, Namíbia. Além do Inglês, ele canta na língua setswana. São canções com letras para dançar, sorrir ou chorar. O álbum veio em 2002 com um título provocativo: “The system is a joke”. cd.leg.br/Vlr09iJxr7
#kalimba #radiodacidadania
#kalimba #radiodacidadania
… as well as learning Gujurati from neighbours in Kenya. Here in South Africa most white people only speak two languages but the majority of people speak three to six. My black colleagues didn’t only speak close languages to isiXhosa like isiZulu but also Setswana and tshePedi, English, Afrikaans.
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 AM
… as well as learning Gujurati from neighbours in Kenya. Here in South Africa most white people only speak two languages but the majority of people speak three to six. My black colleagues didn’t only speak close languages to isiXhosa like isiZulu but also Setswana and tshePedi, English, Afrikaans.
Data scientists: “OMG we had to learn a new programming language for this project”
Anthropologists: “We literally learnt two languages”
Anthropologists: “We literally learnt two languages”
October 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Data scientists: “OMG we had to learn a new programming language for this project”
Anthropologists: “We literally learnt two languages”
Anthropologists: “We literally learnt two languages”
Circaetus sp.: snake eagle
#Afrikaans: slangarend
#Sepedi: lejanoga
#Setswana: lejanoga
#Sesotho: lejanoha
#isiZulu: indlanyoka
#isiXhosa: umdlanyoka
#isiNedebele: ikhozi lehloko enzotho
#Xitsonga: xithaklongwa
#Khoekhoegowab: ǀao!khās
#Afrikaans: slangarend
#Sepedi: lejanoga
#Setswana: lejanoga
#Sesotho: lejanoha
#isiZulu: indlanyoka
#isiXhosa: umdlanyoka
#isiNedebele: ikhozi lehloko enzotho
#Xitsonga: xithaklongwa
#Khoekhoegowab: ǀao!khās
October 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Circaetus sp.: snake eagle
#Afrikaans: slangarend
#Sepedi: lejanoga
#Setswana: lejanoga
#Sesotho: lejanoha
#isiZulu: indlanyoka
#isiXhosa: umdlanyoka
#isiNedebele: ikhozi lehloko enzotho
#Xitsonga: xithaklongwa
#Khoekhoegowab: ǀao!khās
#Afrikaans: slangarend
#Sepedi: lejanoga
#Setswana: lejanoga
#Sesotho: lejanoha
#isiZulu: indlanyoka
#isiXhosa: umdlanyoka
#isiNedebele: ikhozi lehloko enzotho
#Xitsonga: xithaklongwa
#Khoekhoegowab: ǀao!khās
Numididae: guineafowl
#Afrikaans: tarentaal
#Sepedi: kgaka
#Setswana: kgaka
#Sesotho: kgaka
#isiZulu: impangele
#isiXhosa: impangele
#isiNedebele: ipangela
#siSwati: imphangele
#Xitsonga: mhangela
#Tshivenda: khanga
#Khoekhoegowab: |khenas
#Khwe: ǀxáni
#!Xun: ālí
#Nǀuuki: terantalsi
#Afrikaans: tarentaal
#Sepedi: kgaka
#Setswana: kgaka
#Sesotho: kgaka
#isiZulu: impangele
#isiXhosa: impangele
#isiNedebele: ipangela
#siSwati: imphangele
#Xitsonga: mhangela
#Tshivenda: khanga
#Khoekhoegowab: |khenas
#Khwe: ǀxáni
#!Xun: ālí
#Nǀuuki: terantalsi
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Numididae: guineafowl
#Afrikaans: tarentaal
#Sepedi: kgaka
#Setswana: kgaka
#Sesotho: kgaka
#isiZulu: impangele
#isiXhosa: impangele
#isiNedebele: ipangela
#siSwati: imphangele
#Xitsonga: mhangela
#Tshivenda: khanga
#Khoekhoegowab: |khenas
#Khwe: ǀxáni
#!Xun: ālí
#Nǀuuki: terantalsi
#Afrikaans: tarentaal
#Sepedi: kgaka
#Setswana: kgaka
#Sesotho: kgaka
#isiZulu: impangele
#isiXhosa: impangele
#isiNedebele: ipangela
#siSwati: imphangele
#Xitsonga: mhangela
#Tshivenda: khanga
#Khoekhoegowab: |khenas
#Khwe: ǀxáni
#!Xun: ālí
#Nǀuuki: terantalsi
"It rains so little in Botswana that the country’s people revere precipitation. The Setswana word for rain – pula – also means wealth or blessing, and lends its name to the country’s currency."
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯❤️
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯❤️
All Protocol Observed.
Welcome to Issue 215 of The Continent.
Egypt’s bid to stamp out dissent has created a screen-to-prison pipeline. Children lured through gaming are jailed without trial — on terror charges.
Read it here: bit.ly/TC_215
Welcome to Issue 215 of The Continent.
Egypt’s bid to stamp out dissent has created a screen-to-prison pipeline. Children lured through gaming are jailed without trial — on terror charges.
Read it here: bit.ly/TC_215
September 30, 2025 at 8:31 AM
"It rains so little in Botswana that the country’s people revere precipitation. The Setswana word for rain – pula – also means wealth or blessing, and lends its name to the country’s currency."
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯❤️
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯❤️
Dicruridae: drongo
#Afrikaans: byvanger
#Sepedi: theko
#Setswana: theko
#Sesotho: theko
#isiZulu: intengu
#isiXhosa: intengu
#isiNedebele: intengu
#siSwati: intsengu
#Xitsonga: mantengu
#Tshivenda: thengu
#Khoekhoegowab: gūdarub
#Khwe: mìnìngú
#!Xun: dhànni
#Afrikaans: byvanger
#Sepedi: theko
#Setswana: theko
#Sesotho: theko
#isiZulu: intengu
#isiXhosa: intengu
#isiNedebele: intengu
#siSwati: intsengu
#Xitsonga: mantengu
#Tshivenda: thengu
#Khoekhoegowab: gūdarub
#Khwe: mìnìngú
#!Xun: dhànni
September 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Dicruridae: drongo
#Afrikaans: byvanger
#Sepedi: theko
#Setswana: theko
#Sesotho: theko
#isiZulu: intengu
#isiXhosa: intengu
#isiNedebele: intengu
#siSwati: intsengu
#Xitsonga: mantengu
#Tshivenda: thengu
#Khoekhoegowab: gūdarub
#Khwe: mìnìngú
#!Xun: dhànni
#Afrikaans: byvanger
#Sepedi: theko
#Setswana: theko
#Sesotho: theko
#isiZulu: intengu
#isiXhosa: intengu
#isiNedebele: intengu
#siSwati: intsengu
#Xitsonga: mantengu
#Tshivenda: thengu
#Khoekhoegowab: gūdarub
#Khwe: mìnìngú
#!Xun: dhànni
Centropus sp.: coucal
#Afrikaans: vleiloerie
#Sepedi: mpue
#Setswana: letuutuu
#Sesotho: lefututu
#isiZulu: ufukwe
#isiXhosa: ubikhwe
#isiNedebele: umfuku
#siSwati: umfuku
#Xitsonga: mufuku
#Tshivenda: bwibwi
#Khoekhoegowab: |hīsabes
#Khwe: ǀgàròo
#Afrikaans: vleiloerie
#Sepedi: mpue
#Setswana: letuutuu
#Sesotho: lefututu
#isiZulu: ufukwe
#isiXhosa: ubikhwe
#isiNedebele: umfuku
#siSwati: umfuku
#Xitsonga: mufuku
#Tshivenda: bwibwi
#Khoekhoegowab: |hīsabes
#Khwe: ǀgàròo
September 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Centropus sp.: coucal
#Afrikaans: vleiloerie
#Sepedi: mpue
#Setswana: letuutuu
#Sesotho: lefututu
#isiZulu: ufukwe
#isiXhosa: ubikhwe
#isiNedebele: umfuku
#siSwati: umfuku
#Xitsonga: mufuku
#Tshivenda: bwibwi
#Khoekhoegowab: |hīsabes
#Khwe: ǀgàròo
#Afrikaans: vleiloerie
#Sepedi: mpue
#Setswana: letuutuu
#Sesotho: lefututu
#isiZulu: ufukwe
#isiXhosa: ubikhwe
#isiNedebele: umfuku
#siSwati: umfuku
#Xitsonga: mufuku
#Tshivenda: bwibwi
#Khoekhoegowab: |hīsabes
#Khwe: ǀgàròo
AFP’s Nicolas Tucat photographs a woman holding the "Motswedi" a 2,488-carat rough diamond, the second largest in the world, at the HB Antwerp diamond company headquarters.
The Motswedi which means in Setswana, "water spring or flow of underground water", was unearthed in Botswana in August 2024
The Motswedi which means in Setswana, "water spring or flow of underground water", was unearthed in Botswana in August 2024
September 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
AFP’s Nicolas Tucat photographs a woman holding the "Motswedi" a 2,488-carat rough diamond, the second largest in the world, at the HB Antwerp diamond company headquarters.
The Motswedi which means in Setswana, "water spring or flow of underground water", was unearthed in Botswana in August 2024
The Motswedi which means in Setswana, "water spring or flow of underground water", was unearthed in Botswana in August 2024
Don’t forget to shop on Afronalia this weekend. We’re putting up some interesting products!
#africanlanguages #chiLuba #seTswana #africanproducts #africanfashion #blacksky #langsky #polyglot
#africanlanguages #chiLuba #seTswana #africanproducts #africanfashion #blacksky #langsky #polyglot
September 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Don’t forget to shop on Afronalia this weekend. We’re putting up some interesting products!
#africanlanguages #chiLuba #seTswana #africanproducts #africanfashion #blacksky #langsky #polyglot
#africanlanguages #chiLuba #seTswana #africanproducts #africanfashion #blacksky #langsky #polyglot
#tbt DJ Kyos somewhere out there
#tradition #heritage #culture #travel #travelling #tour #tourist #music #musician #tshivenda #setswana #dj #producer #author #southafrica #Artists #isixhosa #pics #indoni #pictures #sepedi #isindebele #shotleft #isizulu #afrikaans #xitsonga #de_philosopher_djkyos
#tradition #heritage #culture #travel #travelling #tour #tourist #music #musician #tshivenda #setswana #dj #producer #author #southafrica #Artists #isixhosa #pics #indoni #pictures #sepedi #isindebele #shotleft #isizulu #afrikaans #xitsonga #de_philosopher_djkyos
September 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM