The murder of my mother tongue

As for Sembadi, it so rare, even an expert in languages, Professor Herman Batibo from the University of Botswana's Department of African Languages expressed ignorance about it. 'I do not know there is such a language.

I will have to find out about it," he promised. However, the language is alive and thriving in Maun, Mmegi has established. A Chief's representative in the village, Labane Meno said there are a lot of Bambadi (plural for Mombadi) in Maun. "We have such a tribe in Maun and most of them reside in the Meno Ward (which is predominated by the Setswana-speaking Batawana). It is just that most of them do not speak the language nowadays preferring Setswana. A lot of them have inter-married with Batawana and other tribes and hence ended up stopping to speak their language.