Basotho people

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Bantu people ethnic group

The Basotho people are a Bantu ethnic group primarily inhabiting Lesotho and parts of South Africa, known for their Sesotho language, distinctive blanket attire, and rich mountain-based cultural traditions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Basotho people canonical 10
Basotho 9
Southern Sotho people 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
capitalCityOfHomeland Maseru ⓘ
climateOfHomeland temperate highland climate ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryOfCitizenshipName Lesotho ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Lesotho
culturalSymbol Basotho blanket ⓘ
Mokorotlo ⓘ
surface form: mokorotlo hat

mountain pony ⓘ
demonym Mosotho ⓘ
ethnicGroupOfCountry Lesotho ⓘ
ethnonym Basotho people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Basotho
formerProtectorateStatus British protectorate ⓘ
foundingLeader Moshoeshoe I ⓘ
geographicSetting mountainous regions ⓘ
historicalKingdom Basotho Kingdom ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfUnification 19th century ⓘ
historicalState Lesotho ⓘ
surface form: Basutoland
homelandRegion Drakensberg Mountains ⓘ
Maloti Mountains ⓘ
language Sesotho ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
majorityEthnicGroupIn Lesotho ⓘ
majorReligion Christianity ⓘ
nationalLanguageOfHomeland Sesotho ⓘ
officialLanguageOfHomeland English ⓘ
Sesotho ⓘ
pluralForm Basotho people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Basotho
primaryCountry Lesotho ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivityInHomeland subsistence farming ⓘ
region Southern Africa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Xhosa ⓘ
surface form: AmaXhosa

Bapedi ⓘ
Tswana people ⓘ
surface form: Batswana

Zulu people ⓘ
significantPopulationIn South Africa ⓘ
singularForm Mosotho ⓘ
traditionalAttire Basotho blanket ⓘ
conical hat ⓘ
traditionalBeliefSystem African traditional religion ⓘ
traditionalDance mohobelo ⓘ
mokhibo ⓘ
traditionalHatName Mokorotlo ⓘ
surface form: mokorotlo
traditionalInstrument lesiba ⓘ
sekankula ⓘ
traditionalLivelihood agriculture ⓘ
cattle herding ⓘ
traditionalMusic famo ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Sesotho → associatedEthnicGroup → Basotho people ⓘ
Mosotho → ethnicGroup → Basotho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basotho
Mosotho → pluralForm → Basotho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basotho
Mosotho → sharesHeritageWith → Basotho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Sotho people
Mosotho → hasCollectiveNoun → Basotho people ⓘ
Northern Sotho people → relatedEthnicGroup → Basotho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Sotho people
Basotho people → ethnonym → Basotho people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basotho
Basotho people → pluralForm → Basotho people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basotho
Basuto Wars → conflictBetween → Basotho people ⓘ
Basuto Wars → relatedTo → Basotho people ⓘ
Midlands → hasEthnicGroup → Basotho people ⓘ
subject surface form: Midlands Province
this entity surface form: Sotho people
Sotho-Tswana peoples → includeEthnicGroup → Basotho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sotho people
Sotho-Tswana peoples → includeEthnicGroup → Basotho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basotho
Sotho-Tswana peoples → includeEthnicGroup → Basotho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Sotho people
Sotho-Tswana peoples → includeEthnicGroup → Basotho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Sotho people
Motswana → relatedEthnicGroup → Basotho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basotho
British Protectorate of Basutoland → ethnicGroup → Basotho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basotho
British Protectorate of Basutoland → namedAfter → Basotho people ⓘ
British Protectorate of Basutoland → demonym → Basotho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basotho
Basotho hat → ethnicGroup → Basotho people ⓘ
Mokorotlo → ethnicGroupOfOrigin → Basotho people ⓘ
Mokorotlo → nameUsedBy → Basotho people ⓘ
Basotho blanket → usedBy → Basotho people ⓘ
Bapedi → relatedEthnicGroup → Basotho people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basotho
Lesotho Independence Day → observedBy → Basotho people ⓘ