Northern Sotho, also known as Sepedi, is spoken in South Africa and is one of the country's official languages. It is rich in history and closely tied to the cultural identity of its speakers.
Sotho (Northern)
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Classification
Niger-Congo > Bantu
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Speakers
6 million
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Script
Roman
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Text direction
Left-to-right
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Official language
South Africa
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Other names
Northern Sotho, Sesotho sa Leboa, Sepedi, Pedi
Sotho (Northern)
Northern Sotho is a Bantu language together with other African languages such as Tswana, Kinyarwanda, Swahili and Lingala.
Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa) is one of 12 official languages and the 5th most spoken language in South Africa. It is also known by the name of its standardised dialect, Sepedi (or Pedi), as written Northern Sotho was based largely on Sepedi.
The language is not to be confused with Southern Sotho/Sesotho, which is spoken in Lesotho as well as in South Africa.
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Interesting fact
Northern Sotho is sometimes incorrectly referred to as Pedi or Sepedi. This is technically incorrect as Pedi is a dialect of Northern Sotho.
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