Whither Botswana�s marginalised languages?

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Batswana commemorate the International Languages Day tomorrow in Middlepits, a small village whose inhabitants speak Afrikaans and Sekgalagadi, some of the marginalised languages in the country.

Only Setswana and English have official status in Botswana, whereas other languages are so marginalised some are either on the verge of extinction, if they have not died out already.

The marginalised language are not taught in schools and are confined to their speakers only, who have also become assimilated to Setswana language.

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