Northern Sotho language
Also known as
- Pedi,
- Sepedi,
- Transvaal Sotho
Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa in the language itself) is one of the official languages of South Africa, and is spoken by nearly five million—4,208,980 people (2001 Census Data)—in the South African provinces of Gauteng, Limpopo Province and Mpumalanga.
Northern Sotho is a language of the Bantu family within the Niger-Congo language phylum. Northern Sotho is specifically found within the Sotho languages branch of Zone S (S.30). Thus, this language is most closely related to Tswana (Setswana)...
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Language
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| Language Family |
| Writing System |
| Region |
| ISO 639-3 Code |
- nso
| ISO 639-2 Code |
| ISO 639-1 Code |
| Rosetta Project Code |
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