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  • proper noun A Bantu language spoken in Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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Examples

  • Not much is known about the LK people except perhaps from the ceramics found that suggest they spoke Kalanga, which is an early form of Western Shona.

    Mapungubwe: Southern Africa’s oldest discovered Kingdom 2007

  • Languages: Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)

    Botswana 2009

  • BotswanaTswana (or Setswana) 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other, including Kgalagadi and white 7%

    Ethnic groups 2008

  • Languages: Setswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)

    Botswana 2008

  • Ethnic groups: Tswana (or Setswana) 79%, Kalanga 11%, Basarwa 3%, other, including Kgalagadi and white 7%

    Botswana 2008

  • BotswanaSetswana 78.2%, Kalanga 7.9%, Sekgalagadi 2.8%, English 2.1% (official), other 8.6%, unspecified 0.4% (2001 census)

    Languages 2008

  • Substitute Flavio gave Angola its first goal of the tournament when he broke free from Kaabi Hossein in the penalty box to head a cross from Ze Kalanga over goalkeeper Ebrahim Mirzapour and into the net.

    USATODAY.com - Iran and Angola tie ends World Cup for both 2006

  • A series of demonstrations are planned in Kinshasa this week to protest against the attacks on Maheshe and Kalanga, according to the Congo National Press Union.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Kalanga, and her young brother were seriously injured by bullets fired by men in police uniforms who were trying to force an entry into her home.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • Ndebele trekked to Matabeleland and defeated the Kalanga and the Rozwi.

    f. Southern Africa 2001

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