Sotho language

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sotho_language
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:alphabet gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Sesotho
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo gptkb:Northern_Sotho_language
gptkb:Tswana_language
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Proto-Bantu
gptkb:Proto-Sotho-Tswana
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Sekuena
gptkb:Sekwena
gptkb:Setlokwa
gptkb:Sefokeng
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sotho language
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code st
gptkbp:ISO639-3 sot
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Bantu_languages
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Sesotho
gptkbp:notableBook gptkb:Thomas_Mofolo's_"Chaka"
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers about 5 million
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Lesotho
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:region gptkb:Southern_Africa
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:Pan_South_African_Language_Board
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Botswana
gptkb:Lesotho
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Sotho–Tswana_languages
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:literature
education in Lesotho
media in Lesotho
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sotho-Tswana_peoples
gptkb:Phalaborwa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6