URL:
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Summary: Adjective of Botswana
Project: Freeciv
Submitted by: dmarks
Submitted on: Fri 03 Jun 2011 06:00:15 PM PDT
Category: rulesets
Severity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 7 - High
Status: None
Assigned to: mixcoatl
Originator Email:
Open/Closed: Open
Release:
Discussion Lock: Any
Operating System: None
Planned Release: 2.3.0
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Details:
In the Botswana ruleset, the adjective demonym is currently "Motswana" while
the plural is "Batswana". From a brief round of googling, I could conclude
that while Batswana is the correct and official plural demonym, Motswana is a
strictly singular adjective which I don't think is appropriate as 'name' in
Freeciv. I'm not an expert in Bantu languages though. =)
Why don't we go with the Anglicized 'Botswanan'/'Botswanans' instead? It's
acceptable according to http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Botswana and various
Wikipedia articles.
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