Northern Sotho (Sepedi)

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Northern Sotho (Sepedi) is a Bantu language of South Africa, recognized as one of the country’s official languages and widely spoken in the northern regions, especially in Limpopo and parts of Gauteng.

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AI-generated illustration of Northern Sotho (Sepedi)

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Northern Sotho (Sepedi) (Northern Sotho (Sepedi) is a Bantu language of South Africa, recognized as one of the country’s official languages and widely spoken in the northern regions, especially in Limpopo and parts of Gauteng.)

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How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Sotho-Tswana language ⓘ
Southern Bantu language ⓘ
official language of South Africa ⓘ
alternateName Sepedi ⓘ
Sesotho sa Leboa ⓘ
basicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Sesotho ⓘ
Setswana ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
glottocode nort3234 ⓘ
hasClickConsonants false ⓘ
hasDialects SeKone dialect ⓘ
Sehananwa dialect ⓘ
Sekgaga dialect ⓘ
Sekone dialect ⓘ
Sekopa dialect ⓘ
Sepedi dialect ⓘ
Sephalaborwa dialect ⓘ
Sepulana dialect ⓘ
Seroka dialect ⓘ
Setau dialect ⓘ
Setlokwa dialect ⓘ
hasGrammaticalGender noun classes instead of gender ⓘ
ISO639-1Code nso ⓘ
ISO639-2Code nso ⓘ
ISO639-3Code nso ⓘ
isTonalLanguage true ⓘ
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
languageGroup Sotho-Tswana languages ⓘ
numberOfSpeakersApprox 4.6 million first-language speakers ⓘ
officialStatusIn Republic of South Africa ⓘ
linked to: South Africa
recognizedInConstitution Constitution of South Africa (1996) ⓘ
region northern South Africa ⓘ
regulatoryBody Pan South African Language Board ⓘ
spokenIn Gauteng Province ⓘ
linked to: Gauteng

Limpopo Province ⓘ
Mpumalanga Province ⓘ
linked to: Mpumalanga

North West Province ⓘ
typology agglutinative language ⓘ
usedInEducation South Africa ⓘ
usedInMedia South Africa ⓘ
usesNounClassSystem true ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (171)

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

Pretoria → commonlySpokenLanguage → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
subject linked to: Pretoria, South Africa
Gauteng → officialLanguage → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Sesotho → closelyRelatedTo → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Sesotho → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Tshivenda → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
National Council of Provinces → language → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Setswana → closelyRelatedTo → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Setswana → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Limpopo → hasOfficialLanguage → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Northern Sotho → alternateName → Sepedi ⓘ
subject linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Northern Sotho → alternateName → Sesotho sa Leboa ⓘ
subject linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Northern Sotho → hasDialects → Sepedi dialect ⓘ
subject linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality → officialLanguage → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Lozi → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Order of Mapungubwe → mottoLanguage → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Venda → hasNeighbouringLanguages → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Swati → hasNeighbouringLanguage → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Pan South African Language Board → languageScope → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Limpopo Province → officialLanguage → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Tsonga → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Sotho → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Narrow Bantu → includes → Northern Sotho language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Capricorn District Municipality → hasOfficialLanguage → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Constitution of South Africa → language → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
South African Human Rights Commission → hasOfficialLanguage → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Polokwane → languageMajority → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Cyril Ramaphosa → ethnicGroup → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Cyril Ramaphosa → nativeLanguage → Northern Sotho language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Cyril Ramaphosa → languageSpoken → Northern Sotho language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Tsonga language → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Sotho–Tswana languages → hasPart → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Sotho–Tswana languages → hasPart → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Capricorn region → officialLanguage → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Northern Sotho people → language → Northern Sotho language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Northern Sotho people → language → Sepedi language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Waterberg region → languageSpoken → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Vhembe District Municipality → hasOfficialLanguage → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Lydenburg → languageMajority → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Proto-Bantu → ancestorOf → Northern Sotho language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Southern Bantu languages → includesLanguage → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Pedi people → language → Northern Sotho language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Pedi people → ethnicGroupOf → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Sotho-Tswana peoples → speakLanguage → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Sotho-Tswana peoples → speakLanguage → Northern Sotho language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
UP Arts → language → Sepedi ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Sekopa dialect → languageFamily → Northern Sotho ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Sekopa dialect → partOf → Northern Sotho language ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)