Northern Sotho Language: Bantu language

Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa in Northern Sotho) is an African language mainly spoken by people living in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.

Sepedi
Native toSouth Africa
RegionGauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
Native speakers
4.7 million (2011 census)
9.1 million L2 speakers (2002)
Niger–Congo
Dialects
  • Pedi
  • Lobedu (Kgaga)
  • Gananwa (Tlokwa)
  • Kopa (Ndebele-Sotho)
  • Birwa
  • Tswapong
  • ? Phalaborwa
  • ? Kutswe (East Sotho)
  • ? Pai (East Sotho)
  • ? Pulana (East Sotho)
Latin (Sotho alphabet)
Sotho Braille
Signed Pedi
Official status
Official language in
South Africa
Regulated byPan South African Language Board
Language codes
ISO 639-2nso
ISO 639-3Variously:
nso – Pedi etc.
brl – Birwa
two – Tswapong
Glottolognort3233  North Sotho + South Ndebele
Guthrie code
S.32,301–304
Linguasphere
parts of outer language 99-AUT-e (Sesotho-Setswana)
  • 99-AUT-ea (Khelobedu)
    99-AUT-eb (Thipulana)
    99-AUT-ec (Khutswe)
    99-AUT-ed (Sepedi), incl. 99-AUT-eab & -egh (southeast & northwest Tlokwa varieties)= transition to 99-AUT-eg (Setswana);
    99-AUT-ff (Pai)= transition from 99-AUT-fg (isiZulu)
Pedi
 person  Mopedi
 people  Bapedi
 language  Sepedi
Northern Sotho Language: Bantu language
Geographical distribution of Sepedi in South Africa: proportion of the population that speaks a form of Sepedi at home.
  0–20%
  20–40%
  40–60%
  60–80%
  80–100%
Northern Sotho Language: Bantu language
Geographical distribution of Northern Sotho in South Africa: density of Northern Sotho home-language speakers.
  <1 /km²
  1–3 /km²
  3–10 /km²
  10–30 /km²
  30–100 /km²
  100–300 /km²
  300–1000 /km²
  1000–3000 /km²
  >3000 /km²

Northern Sotho is one of the eleven official languages of South Africa. It is spoken by almost 4 618 500 people, or 8.4% of South Africans at home (2011-census). Northern Sotho is part of the Sotho language family.

References

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AfricaLimpopo ProvinceSouth Africa

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