Sotho
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Sotho is a Bantu language of Southern Africa, primarily spoken in Lesotho and South Africa, where it serves as one of the country’s official languages.
Aliases (2)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
→
Southern Bantu language → language → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Sesotho
→
Southern Sotho → |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Northern Sotho
→
Tswana → |
| hasDialects |
varieties spoken in Free State
→
varieties spoken in Lesotho → |
| hasEthnologueCode |
sot
→
|
| hasGlottologCode |
sout2807
→
|
| hasGlottologName |
Sotho
→
|
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
agglutinative morphology
→
subject–verb–object word order → |
| hasISO639-1Code |
st
→
|
| hasISO639-2Code |
sot
→
|
| hasISO639-3Code |
sot
→
|
| hasNativeName |
Sesotho
→
|
| hasOfficialStatusIn |
Lesotho
NERFINISHED
→
South Africa → |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
noun class system
→
two-tone system → |
| hasStandardForm |
Standard Sesotho
→
|
| isOneOf |
national languages of Lesotho
→
official languages of South Africa → |
| isTaughtAt |
schools in Lesotho
→
schools in South Africa → |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic–Congo
→
Bantu → Benue–Congo NERFINISHED → Niger–Congo NERFINISHED → Sotho–Tswana → Southern Bantoid → |
| memberOf |
Sotho–Tswana dialect continuum
→
|
| region |
Southern Africa
→
|
| regulatedBy |
Pan South African Language Board
→
|
| spokenIn |
Free State province
→
Gauteng province NERFINISHED → Lesotho NERFINISHED → North West province NERFINISHED → Northern Cape province NERFINISHED → South Africa → |
| subclassOf |
Niger–Congo language
NERFINISHED
→
Sotho–Tswana language → |
| usedAs |
language of education in Lesotho
→
language of media in Lesotho → language of religion in Lesotho → |
| writingSystem |
Latin script
→
|
Referenced by (17)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Alexandra
→
Randburg → Soweto → |
languageUsed |
|
Sesotho
("Southern Sotho")
→
Sesotho → |
alternativeName |
|
Sotho
("Southern Sotho")
→
|
alsoKnownAs |
|
Mosotho
→
|
ethnolinguisticGroup |
|
Matabeleland South
→
|
hasEthnicGroup |
|
Sotho
→
|
hasGlottologName |
|
Benoni
("Southern Sotho")
→
|
hasLanguage |
|
Southern Bantu
→
|
hasMemberLanguage |
|
Germiston
→
|
languageMajority |
|
Motsepe
→
|
languageOfOrigin |
|
Thabo Makgoba
("Southern Sotho")
→
|
languageSpoken |
|
Johannesburg
→
|
languageWidelySpoken |
|
Ekurhuleni
("Southern Sotho")
→
|
officialLanguage |
|
Tshivenda
("Sotho–Tsonga group (often classified)")
→
|
subfamily |