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 Botswanan (2) 

I was trying to find a way of editing the table on the right but couldn't find a way to do it. The use of words such as Botswanese or Botswanan is offensive and inaccurate. Can someone please edit the right table and write 'Motswana' instead of 'Botswanan' for Demonym . Also, our national language is Setswana not Tswana . Maybe someone could make these corrections!—Preceding unsigned comment added by  (talk • contribs) 
Thanks, I've done the first.  

It's unfair to call it 'offensive'. This is just how language works. In English the language is also called Tswana, and it's not 'inaccurate'. We don't call Latin 'Lingua Latina', and French 'Français'. The prefix is an aspect of Tswana grammar, which we are not using. And Tswana has its own word for 'English'. One thing though: how would you distinguish between a Motswana (person from Botswana) and any member of the Tswana ethnic group - one fifth of the people of Botswana are NOT ethnic Batswana (many are Khoisan, white, other Bantu tribes...) and about 2/3 of ethnic Batswana live in South Africa. This justifies a word 'Botswanan', whose meaning is at least obvious to any English speaker, and will continue to be used whether the Batswana it or not. And the Batswana can continue to call English by their name for it. It won't be considered offensive or inaccurate.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.185.138.65   "