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 to | South Africa |
| Region | Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
Native speakers | 4.7 million (2011 census) 9.1 million L2 speakers (2002) |
Niger–Congo
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| Dialects |
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| Latin (Sotho alphabet) Sotho Braille | |
| Signed Pedi | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | South Africa |
| Regulated by | Pan South African Language Board |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | nso |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:nso – Pedi etc.brl – Birwatwo – Tswapong |
| Glottolog | nort3233 North Sotho + South Ndebele |
Guthrie code | S.32,301–304 |
| Linguasphere | |
| Pedi | |
| person | Mopedi |
| people | Bapedi |
| language | Sepedi |
| 0–20% 20–40% 40–60% | 60–80% 80–100% |
| <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.
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