Standard English in Botswana

Speakers

52,921

Type

Location

Standard English in Botswana

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Standard English in Botswana

Size

52,921

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

Standardization

Graphisation & script encoding

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban

Size / Number of users

Number of users

52921
Source
census
Year
2011

Users within total population

0.00000
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Source
census, 2011

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Age distribution of users

0
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)

Age distribution of users

percentage of members of older generations (> 65)

Generational use

Educational attainment

No education
Early childhood education
Primary education
Lower secondary education
Higher secondary education
Tertiary education

Occupational qualifications

70
30
3,567
Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2011

90
10
712
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2011

89
11
2,935
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2011

73
27
361
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2011

51
49
2,172
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2011

34
66
1,315
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2011

50
50
3,579
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2011

64
36
5,219
Professionals
Source

census, 2011

71
29
5,660
Managers
Source

census, 2011

Language competence

Language not used
Understand little, speak/sign none
Understand some, speak/sign little
Understand well, speak/sign some
Understand all, speak/sign well
Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains

Functional use in administration

Types of language use

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Completion