Sesotho

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Bantu language Sotho–Tswana language Southern Bantu language language

Sesotho is a Southern Bantu language spoken primarily in Lesotho and South Africa, where it holds official status and serves as a major medium of communication and cultural identity.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sesotho canonical 57
Sesotho language 1
Southern Sotho 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Sotho–Tswana language ⓘ
Southern Bantu language ⓘ
language ⓘ
alternativeName Sotho ⓘ
Sotho ⓘ
surface form: Southern Sotho
associatedEthnicGroup Basotho people ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
surface form: Northern Sotho

Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
surface form: Sepedi

Setswana ⓘ
hasCulturalRole marker of Basotho identity ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
subject–verb–object word order ⓘ
hasISO639-1Code st ⓘ
hasISO639-2Code sot ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code sot ⓘ
hasOfficialStatusIn Lesotho ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature clickless consonant inventory ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
isNationalLanguageOf Lesotho ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageOfOrganization Southern African Development Community ⓘ
isRecognizedLanguageOf South Africa ⓘ
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
languageGroup Sotho–Tswana languages ⓘ
spokenIn Botswana ⓘ
Free State ⓘ
surface form: Free State province

Gauteng ⓘ
surface form: Gauteng province

KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ
surface form: KwaZulu-Natal province

Lesotho ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
North West Province ⓘ
surface form: North West province

Northern Cape ⓘ
surface form: Northern Cape province

South Africa ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
standardizedIn Lesotho ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
usedAs language of media in Lesotho ⓘ
language of radio broadcasting in South Africa ⓘ
language of television broadcasting in South Africa ⓘ
medium of education in Lesotho ⓘ
usedFor music and song ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
religious practice ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

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

South Africa → officialLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Gauteng → officialLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Sotho
Free State → officialLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Lesotho → officialLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (part) → hasLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Vereeniging → languageMajority → Sesotho ⓘ
Bloemfontein → languageMajority → Sesotho ⓘ
Setswana → closelyRelatedTo → Sesotho ⓘ
Bantu languages → majorLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Limpopo → hasOfficialLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Northern Sotho (Sepedi) → closelyRelatedTo → Sesotho ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Sotho
Highveld → languageMajority → Sesotho ⓘ
Lozi → closelyRelatedTo → Sesotho ⓘ
South African → languageUsed → Sesotho ⓘ
Atlantic–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Vanderbijlpark → languageMajority → Sesotho ⓘ
Vaal Triangle → language → Sesotho ⓘ
town of Hertzogville, South Africa → hasLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
subject surface form: Hertzogville
Limpopo Province → officialLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Maseru → officialLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Mosotho → language → Sesotho ⓘ
Mosotho → nationalLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Sotho → alsoKnownAs → Sesotho ⓘ
Sotho → hasNativeName → Sesotho ⓘ
Sotho → hasStandardForm → Sesotho ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Sesotho
Heilbron → languageMajority → Sesotho ⓘ
Narrow Bantu → includes → Sesotho ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sesotho language
town of Vredefort → language → Sesotho ⓘ
subject surface form: Vredefort
sot → represents → Sesotho ⓘ
sot → ISO639-3CodeFor → Sesotho ⓘ
sot → associatedLanguageName → Sesotho ⓘ
Bloem → languageMajority → Sesotho ⓘ
Basotho people → language → Sesotho ⓘ
Basotho people → officialLanguageOfHomeland → Sesotho ⓘ
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital → languageOfService → Sesotho ⓘ
Zola → languageUsed → Sesotho ⓘ
Sotho-Tswana peoples → speakLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Sotho language
Welkom → languageMajority → Sesotho ⓘ
Terry Pheto → languageSpoken → Sesotho ⓘ
Frank Chikane → languageSpoken → Sesotho ⓘ
Dr Kenneth Kaunda District → hasLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Black South African → hasLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Smithfield → primaryLanguageRegion → Sesotho ⓘ
Emfuleni Local Municipality → hasLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Focalistic → languageOfWorkOrName → Sesotho ⓘ
Merafong City Local Municipality → hasLanguage → Sesotho ⓘ
Gariepdam → languageUsed → Sesotho ⓘ
southern Gauteng → languageMajority → Sesotho ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Gauteng