Disambiguation evidence for Northern Sotho (Sepedi) via surface form

"Northern Sotho"


As subject (49)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Northern Sotho".

Predicate Object
ISO639-1Code nso
ISO639-2Code nso
ISO639-3Code nso
alternateName Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
surface form: Sepedi
alternateName Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
surface form: Sesotho sa Leboa
basicWordOrder SVO
closelyRelatedTo Sesotho
closelyRelatedTo Setswana
country South Africa
glottocode nort3234
hasClickConsonants false
hasDialects SeKone dialect
hasDialects Sehananwa dialect
hasDialects Sekgaga dialect
hasDialects Sekone dialect
hasDialects Sekopa dialect
hasDialects Northern Sotho (Sepedi) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sepedi dialect
hasDialects Sephalaborwa dialect
hasDialects Sepulana dialect
hasDialects Seroka dialect
hasDialects Setau dialect
hasDialects Setlokwa dialect
hasGrammaticalGender noun classes instead of gender
instanceOf Bantu language
instanceOf Sotho-Tswana language
instanceOf Southern Bantu language
instanceOf official language of South Africa
isTonalLanguage true
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages
languageFamily Bantoid languages
languageFamily Bantu languages
languageFamily Benue–Congo languages
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
languageFamily 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
spokenIn Limpopo Province
spokenIn Mpumalanga
surface form: Mpumalanga Province
spokenIn North West Province
typology agglutinative language
usedInEducation South Africa
usedInMedia South Africa
usesNounClassSystem true
writingSystem Latin script

As object (9)

Triples where some other subject referred to this entity as "Northern Sotho".

Lozi closelyRelatedTo
"Northern Sotho"
↳ resolves to Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Sesotho closelyRelatedTo
"Northern Sotho"
↳ resolves to Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Setswana closelyRelatedTo
"Northern Sotho"
↳ resolves to Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Sotho closelyRelatedTo
"Northern Sotho"
↳ resolves to Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Tsonga closelyRelatedTo
"Northern Sotho"
↳ resolves to Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Southern Bantu hasMemberLanguage
"Northern Sotho"
↳ resolves to Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Swati hasNeighbouringLanguage
"Northern Sotho"
↳ resolves to Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Venda hasNeighbouringLanguages
"Northern Sotho"
↳ resolves to Northern Sotho (Sepedi)
Gauteng officialLanguage
"Northern Sotho"
↳ resolves to Northern Sotho (Sepedi)