Northern Sotho (Sepedi)

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Bantu language Sotho-Tswana language Southern Bantu language official language of South Africa

Northern Sotho (Sepedi) is a Bantu language of South Africa, recognized as one of the country’s official languages and widely spoken in the northern regions, especially in Limpopo and parts of Gauteng.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Northern Sotho 9
Sepedi 11
Sepedi dialect 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Sotho-Tswana language ⓘ
Southern Bantu language ⓘ
official language of South Africa ⓘ
alternateName Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
surface form: Sepedi

Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
surface form: Sesotho sa Leboa
basicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Sesotho ⓘ
Setswana ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
glottocode nort3234 ⓘ
hasClickConsonants false ⓘ
hasDialects SeKone dialect ⓘ
Sehananwa dialect ⓘ
Sekgaga dialect ⓘ
Sekone dialect ⓘ
Sekopa dialect ⓘ
Northern Sotho (Sepedi) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sepedi dialect

Sephalaborwa dialect ⓘ
Sepulana dialect ⓘ
Seroka dialect ⓘ
Setau dialect ⓘ
Setlokwa dialect ⓘ
hasGrammaticalGender noun classes instead of gender ⓘ
ISO639-1Code nso ⓘ
ISO639-2Code nso ⓘ
ISO639-3Code nso ⓘ
isTonalLanguage true ⓘ
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
languageGroup Sotho–Tswana languages ⓘ
surface form: Sotho-Tswana languages
numberOfSpeakersApprox 4.6 million first-language speakers ⓘ
officialStatusIn South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Republic of South Africa
recognizedInConstitution Constitution of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of South Africa (1996)
region northern South Africa ⓘ
regulatoryBody Pan South African Language Board ⓘ
spokenIn Gauteng ⓘ
surface form: Gauteng Province

Limpopo Province ⓘ
Mpumalanga ⓘ
surface form: Mpumalanga Province

North West Province ⓘ
typology agglutinative language ⓘ
usedInEducation South Africa ⓘ
usedInMedia South Africa ⓘ
usesNounClassSystem true ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Northern Sotho (Sepedi) → alternateName → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Sotho
this entity surface form: Sepedi
Northern Sotho (Sepedi) → alternateName → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Sotho
this entity surface form: Sesotho sa Leboa
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sepedi
Lozi → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sotho
Sesotho → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sepedi
Sesotho → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sotho
Setswana → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sepedi
Setswana → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sotho
Sotho → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sotho
Tshivenda → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
Tsonga → closelyRelatedTo → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sotho
Pretoria, South Africa → commonlySpokenLanguage → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
subject surface form: Pretoria
Northern Sotho (Sepedi) → hasDialects → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern Sotho
this entity surface form: Sepedi dialect
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sotho
Southern Bantu → hasMemberLanguage → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sepedi
Swati → hasNeighbouringLanguage → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sotho
Venda → hasNeighbouringLanguages → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sotho
Limpopo → hasOfficialLanguage → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sepedi
National Council of Provinces → language → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sepedi
Pan South African Language Board → languageScope → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sepedi
Order of Mapungubwe → mottoLanguage → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sepedi
this entity surface form: Sepedi
Gauteng → officialLanguage → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Sotho
Limpopo Province → officialLanguage → Northern Sotho (Sepedi) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sepedi