Basotho people

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The Basotho people are a Bantu ethnic group primarily inhabiting Lesotho and parts of South Africa, known for their Sesotho language, distinctive blanket attire, and rich mountain-based cultural traditions.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Basotho 16
Basotho people canonical 13
Sotho people 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
capitalCityOfHomeland Maseru ⓘ
climateOfHomeland temperate highland climate ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenshipName Kingdom of Lesotho ⓘ
linked to: Lesotho
culturalSymbol Basotho blanket ⓘ
mokorotlo hat ⓘ
linked to: Mokorotlo

mountain pony ⓘ
demonym Mosotho ⓘ
ethnicGroupOfCountry Lesotho ⓘ
ethnonym Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
formerProtectorateStatus British protectorate ⓘ
foundingLeader Moshoeshoe I ⓘ
geographicSetting mountainous regions ⓘ
historicalKingdom Basotho Kingdom ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfUnification 19th century ⓘ
historicalState Basutoland ⓘ
linked to: Lesotho
homelandRegion Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
Maloti Mountains ⓘ
language Sesotho ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
majorityEthnicGroupIn Lesotho ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
nationalLanguageOfHomeland Sesotho ⓘ
officialLanguageOfHomeland English ⓘ
Sesotho ⓘ
pluralForm Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
primaryCountry Lesotho ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivityInHomeland subsistence farming ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup AmaXhosa ⓘ
linked to: Xhosa

Bapedi ⓘ
Batswana ⓘ
linked to: Tswana people

Zulu people ⓘ
significantPopulationIn South Africa ⓘ
singularForm Mosotho ⓘ
traditionalAttire Basotho blanket ⓘ
conical hat ⓘ
traditionalBeliefSystem African traditional religion ⓘ
traditionalDance mohobelo ⓘ
mokhibo ⓘ
traditionalHatName mokorotlo ⓘ
linked to: Mokorotlo
traditionalInstrument lesiba ⓘ
sekankula ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood agriculture ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
traditionalMusic famo ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sesotho → associatedEthnicGroup → Basotho people ⓘ
Mosotho → ethnicGroup → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Mosotho → pluralForm → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Mosotho → sharesHeritageWith → Southern Sotho people ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Mosotho → hasCollectiveNoun → Basotho people ⓘ
Northern Sotho people → relatedEthnicGroup → Southern Sotho people ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Basotho people → ethnonym → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Basotho people → pluralForm → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Basuto Wars → conflictBetween → Basotho people ⓘ
Basuto Wars → relatedTo → Basotho people ⓘ
Midlands Province → hasEthnicGroup → Sotho people ⓘ
subject linked to: Midlands
linked to: Basotho people
Sotho-Tswana peoples → includeEthnicGroup → Sotho people ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Sotho-Tswana peoples → includeEthnicGroup → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Sotho-Tswana peoples → includeEthnicGroup → Southern Sotho people ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Sotho-Tswana peoples → includeEthnicGroup → Western Sotho people ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Motswana → relatedEthnicGroup → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
British Protectorate of Basutoland → ethnicGroup → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
British Protectorate of Basutoland → demonym → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Basotho hat → ethnicGroup → Basotho people ⓘ
Mokorotlo → ethnicGroupOfOrigin → Basotho people ⓘ
Mokorotlo → nameUsedBy → Basotho people ⓘ
Basotho blanket → usedBy → Basotho people ⓘ
Bapedi → relatedEthnicGroup → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Lesotho Independence Day → observedBy → Basotho people ⓘ
Difaqane → involves → Sotho people ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Tlokwa → associatedWith → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Basotho Kingdom → ethnicGroup → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Basotho Kingdom → namedAfter → Basotho people ⓘ
lesiba → usedBy → Basotho people ⓘ
Moshoeshoe I → ethnicity → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Moshoeshoe I → nationality → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Modimo → ethnicGroup → Sotho people ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Modimo → recognizedBy → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
Mokoena → isUsedBy → Basotho people ⓘ
Kololo people → ethnicRelation → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people
BaTlokwa people → relatedEthnicGroup → Basotho ⓘ
linked to: Basotho people