Sesotho is spoken primarily in South Africa, Lesotho, and parts of Botswana. It is one of the 12 official languages of South Africa, known for its rich oral traditions and expressive structure.
Sesotho (Southern Sotho)
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Classification
Niger-Congo > Bantu
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Speakers
6.9 million
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Script
Roman
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Text direction
Left-to-right
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Official language
Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe
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Other names
Sesotho
Sesotho (Southern Sotho)
Sotho is a Bantu language together with other African languages such as Tswana, Kinyarwanda, Swahili and Lingala to name but a few.
It is one of 12 official languages and the 7th most spoken language in South Africa. It is also spoken as a national language in Lesotho.
Sotho actually is a tribal name, which, with the prefix for language (“se-”), becomes Sesotho, and with the prefix for land (“le”) becomes Lesotho.
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Interesting fact
Except for a bit of lexical variation between speakers from different regions, there aren't discernible dialects of Sotho.
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