Slang: Botswana�s unofficial third language
Friday, February 27, 2015
![Youth at the Main Mall. PIC: TSELE TSEBETSAME](https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.mmegi.bw/uploads/imported_images/2015/february/27/php8E4.tmp.jpg&w=400&q=72&f=jpg&t=1)
Youth at the Main Mall. PIC: TSELE TSEBETSAME
Ola skim sam! Skipane daah! Hope le mnizi nonke. Vandaag re tsile go qamtha kasi lingo (Hi pal! Howzit?! ‘hope you’re fine. Today we gonna speak slang).
Recently, Botswana celebrated International Mother Language Day in Middlepits where everyone demonstrated pride in their native tongues.
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