Sotho

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Sotho is a Bantu language of Southern Africa, primarily spoken in Lesotho and South Africa, where it serves as one of the country’s official languages.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sotho canonical 29
Southern Sotho 20
Sotho–Tsonga group (often classified) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
Southern Bantu language
language
alsoKnownAs Sesotho
Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
closelyRelatedTo Northern Sotho
Tswana
linked to: Setswana
hasDialects varieties spoken in Free State
varieties spoken in Lesotho
hasEthnologueCode sot
hasGlottologCode sout2807
hasGlottologName Sotho
hasGrammaticalFeature agglutinative morphology
subject–verb–object word order
hasISO639-1Code st
hasISO639-2Code sot
hasISO639-3Code sot
hasNativeName Sesotho
hasOfficialStatusIn Lesotho
South Africa
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system
two-tone system
hasStandardForm Standard Sesotho
linked to: Sesotho
isOneOf national languages of Lesotho
official languages of South Africa
isTaughtAt schools in Lesotho
schools in South Africa
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo
Bantu
linked to: Bantu languages

Benue–Congo
Niger–Congo
Sotho–Tswana
Southern Bantoid
memberOf Sotho–Tswana dialect continuum
region Southern Africa
regulatedBy Pan South African Language Board
spokenIn Free State province
linked to: Free State

Gauteng province
linked to: Gauteng

Lesotho
North West province
linked to: North West Province

Northern Cape province
linked to: Northern Cape

South Africa
subclassOf Niger–Congo language
Sotho–Tswana language
usedAs language of education in Lesotho
language of media in Lesotho
language of religion in Lesotho
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (50)

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

Johannesburg languageWidelySpoken Sotho
subject linked to: Johannesburg, South Africa
Sesotho alternativeName Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Sesotho alternativeName Sotho
Tshivenda subfamily Sotho–Tsonga group (often classified)
linked to: Sotho
Motsepe languageOfOrigin Sotho
Soweto languageUsed Sotho
Benoni hasLanguage Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Thabo Makgoba languageSpoken Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Ekurhuleni officialLanguage Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Randburg languageUsed Sotho
Sotho alsoKnownAs Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Sotho hasGlottologName Sotho
Alexandra languageUsed Sotho
Secunda language Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
sot ISO639-3CodeFor Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
sot associatedLanguageName Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Sotho–Tswana languages hasPart Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Mofolo languageUsed Sotho
Naledi hasLanguage Sotho
Precious Moloi-Motsepe languageSpoken Sotho
subject linked to: Precious
Meadowlands languageUsed Sotho
Dube languageUsed Sotho
Diepkloof languageSpoken Sotho
Nasrec languageUsed Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Brakpan languageSpoken Sotho
Orlando language Sotho
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality Council hasOfficialLanguage Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Rosebank, Johannesburg language Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Boksburg languageMajority Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Bedfordview languageUsed Sotho
Sandton language Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Alberton hasLanguage Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Black South African hasEthnicSubgroup Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Douglas West hasLanguage Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Strubens Valley languageSpoken Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Lanseria languageMajority Sotho
Vorna Valley languageSpoken Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Noordwyk languageMajorityCountry Southern Sotho
linked to: Sotho
Gold Reef City language Sotho
eGoli language Sotho