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Northern Sotho

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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Classification

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Other varieties of Northern Sotho

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Phonology

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Writing system

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Early forms
Hurutshe Kgatla · Kgatla
Ethnicity
Lobedu Tlôkwa
Glottolog
nort3233
Guthrie code
S.32,301–304
ISO 639-2
nso
ISO 639-3
Variously: nso – Sekone brl – Birwa two

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Other varieties of Northern Sotho

Classification

Writing system

Phonology

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Northern Sotho

Nodes31
Edges30
Triples116
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.064516
Components1

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Northern Sotho

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related to Classification · 18
Northern Sotho → Although Northern Sotho, Balobedu, Bantu, Gauteng, Greater Giyani, Greater Letaba, Greater Tzaneen, It, Its, Khelobedu, Limpopo Province, Lobedu, Malata People, Mohlala, Setswana, Sotho, Southern Sotho, Tembisa
related to Name · 17
Northern Sotho → Alexander Merensky, Berlin Missionary Society, Carl Knothe, Gerlachshoop, Grützner, Khelobedu, Leboa, Lobedu, Recent, Scholars, Sepedi, Sesotho, Sotho-Tswana, South Africa, The, This, Transvaal
related to Sepedi vs Northern Sotho · 14
Northern Sotho → According, Chapter, Constitution, Leboa, Pedi, Section, Sepedi, Sesotho, South Africa, South Africa's, South African, South African Constitution, The English, There
related to External links · 13
Northern Sotho → Dryer, English, Evolutionary Anthropology, Haspelmath, Human Rights, Language Structures Online, Martin, Matthew, Max Planck Institute, Northern SothoOnline Northern Sotho, South African Language Board, The Universal Declaration, World Atlas
related to Software · 11
Northern Sotho → Free, Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Northern SothoKeyboard, Northern SothoTranslate, Open Source Software, OpenOffice, Project, South Africa, Spell
Language family · 9
Northern Sotho → Atlantic–CongoVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho, BantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho, BantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho, Benue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho, Northern Sotho, Sotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho, Southern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho, Southern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho, Volta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho
related to Other varieties of Northern Sotho · 7
Northern Sotho → Highveld-Sotho, Like, Lowveld-Sotho, Pedi, Sotho, Sotho-Tswana, South Africa
related to Writing system · 4
Northern Sotho → Latin, Northern, Some, The
Early forms · 2
Northern Sotho → Hurutshe Kgatla, Kgatla
Ethnicity · 1
Northern Sotho → Lobedu Tlôkwa

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northern sotho language south official languages spoken african africa sepedi sesotho people symbols lobedu varieties africa's sa ipa bantu limpopo

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Northern SothoEarly formsHurutshe Kgatla1.00infobox
Northern SothoEarly formsKgatla1.00infobox
Northern SothoEthnicityLobedu Tlôkwa1.00infobox
Northern SothoGlottolognort32331.00infobox
Northern SothoGuthrie codeS.32,301–3041.00infobox
Northern SothoISO 639-2nso1.00infobox
Northern SothoISO 639-3Variously: nso – Sekone brl – Birwa two1.00infobox
Northern SothoLanguage familyAtlantic–CongoVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho1.00infobox
Northern SothoLanguage familyVolta-CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho1.00infobox
Northern SothoLanguage familyBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho1.00infobox
Northern SothoLanguage familyBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho1.00infobox
Northern SothoLanguage familySouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho1.00infobox
Northern SothoLanguage familyBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho1.00infobox
Northern SothoLanguage familySouthern BantuSotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho1.00infobox
Northern SothoLanguage familySotho–TswanaNorthern Sotho1.00infobox
Northern SothoLanguage familyNorthern Sotho1.00infobox
Northern SothoLinguasphere99-AUT-ed1.00infobox
Northern SothoNative speakers3.2 million (2022 Census) 9.1 million L2 speakers (2002)1.00infobox
Northern SothoNative toSouth Africa1.00infobox
Northern SothoOfficial language inSouth Africa1.00infobox
Northern SothoRegionLimpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga1.00infobox
Northern SothoRegulated byPan South African Language Board1.00infobox
Northern SothoSigned formsSigned Northern Sotho1.00infobox
Northern SothoWriting systemLatin (Northern Sotho alphabet) Sotho Braille1.00infobox
Northern Sothois aumbrella term for a group of certain dialects.As of the 2022 South African Census0.90text

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