Sotho

E92239

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.

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AI-generated illustration of Sotho

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 Sotho (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
Southern Sotho 51
Sotho canonical 48
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 (100)

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 ⓘ