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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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

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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)
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)
Sekopa dialect subdivisionOf Northern Sotho dialect continuum
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Sekopa dialect isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Northern Sotho
linked to: Northern Sotho (Sepedi)