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Northern Sotho is one of South Africa's twelve official languages and belongs to the Bantu language family, specifically the Sotho-Tswana group. The language is spoken mainly in Limpopo Province, and to a lesser extent in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and North West.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Sotho | Early forms | Hurutshe Kgatla | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Early forms | Kgatla | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Ethnicity | Lobedu Tlôkwa | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Glottolog | nort3233 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Guthrie code | S.32,301–304 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | ISO 639-2 | nso | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | ISO 639-3 | Variously: nso – Sekone brl – Birwa two | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Language family | Atlantic–CongoVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Language family | Volta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Language family | Benue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Language family | BantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Language family | Southern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Language family | BantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Language family | Southern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Language family | Sotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Language family | Northern Sotho | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Linguasphere | 99-AUT-ed | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Native speakers | 3.2 million (2022 Census) 9.1 million L2 speakers (2002) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Native to | South Africa | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Official language in | South Africa | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Region | Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Regulated by | Pan South African Language Board | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Signed forms | Signed Northern Sotho | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | Writing system | Latin (Northern Sotho alphabet) Sotho Braille | 1.00 | infobox |
| Northern Sotho | is a | umbrella term for a group of certain dialects.As of the 2022 South African Census | 0.90 | text |
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