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 people canonical 10
Basotho 9
Southern Sotho people 3

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 (25)

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