Sotho, Southern

SOT

national

Alternate Names: Sesotho, Sisutho, Souto, Suthu, Suto

Dialects: None known. Northern Sotho , and Tswana , are inherently intelligible but have generally been considered separate languages.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
S
Sotho-Tswana (S.33)

Demographics: 1,770,000 in Lesotho (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001). Population total all countries: 5,634,000.

Language Development: Magazines. Newspapers. Radio programs. TV. Bible: 1878–1989.

Spoken In: South Africa, Lesotho

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Lesotho

Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.