Sotho
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Sotho may refer to:
- The Sotho people (or Basotho), an African ethnic group principally resident in South Africa and Lesotho.
- The Sotho language (Sesotho or Southern Sotho), a Bantu Language spoken in southern Africa, an official language of both South Africa and Lesotho.
- The Northern Sotho languageNorthern Sotho languageNorthern Sotho , also inaccurately known by the name of a major dialect, Pedi or sePedi, is one of the official languages of South Africa, and is spoken by 4,208,980 people — in the South African provinces of Gauteng,...
(or Sesotho sa Leboa), a group of related Bantu dialects classed together as an official language of South Africa. - The Sotho (S 30, or Sotho–Tswana) language groupSotho languagesThe Sotho–Tswana languages are a group of closely related Southern Bantu languages spoken in Southern Africa that include:*Tswana , Sotho , Northern Sotho *Lozi...
, a linguistic classification which groups together the related languages Sotho, Northern Sotho, Tswana, and Lozi. - The Sotho–Tswana people, a group of southern African ethnic groups with a common history, speakers of languages in the Sotho group.
- LesothoLesothoLesotho , officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a landlocked country and enclave, surrounded by the Republic of South Africa. It is just over in size with a population of approximately 2,067,000. Its capital and largest city is Maseru. Lesotho is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. The name...
, a country in southern Africa entirely surrounded by South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
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