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| Sotho | |
|---|---|
| Southern Sotho | |
| Sesotho | |
| Pronunciation | [sɪ̀sʊ́tʰʊ̀] |
| Native to | |
| Ethnicity | Basotho |
Native speakers | 5.6 million (2001–2011)[1] 7.9 million L2 speakers in South Africa (2002)[2] |
| Dialects |
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| Latin (Sesotho alphabet) Sotho Braille Ditema tsa Dinoko | |
| Signed Sotho | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | |
| Regulated by | Pan South African Language Board |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | st |
| ISO 639-2 | sot |
| ISO 639-3 | sot |
| Glottolog | sout2807 |
S.33[3] | |
| Linguasphere | 99-AUT-ee incl. varieties 99-AUT-eea to 99-AUT-eee |
| Sotho | |
|---|---|
| Person | Mosotho |
| People | Basotho |
| Language | Sesotho |
| Country | Lesotho |
| Sesotho |
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Sotho (/sɛˈsuːtuː/)[a] Sesotho, also known as Southern Sotho or Sesotho sa Borwa is a Southern Bantu language of the Sotho–Tswana ("S.30") group, spoken in Lesotho, and South Africa where it is an official language.
Like all Bantu languages, Sesotho is an agglutinative language that uses numerous affixes and derivational and inflexional rules to build complete words.
- ^ Sotho at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Webb, Vic. 2002. "Language in South Africa: the role of language in national transformation, reconstruction and development." Impact: Studies in language and society, 14:78
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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