Southern Sotho

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Southern_Sotho

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:language
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Sesotho
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo	gptkb:Northern_Sotho gptkb:Tswana
gptkbp:firstWrittenIn	19th century
gptkbp:glottologCode	sot
gptkbp:hasBibleTranslation	1878
gptkbp:hasDialects	gptkb:Sekuena gptkb:Sekwena gptkb:Setaung gptkb:Setlokwa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Southern Sotho
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code	st
gptkbp:ISO639-3	sot
gptkbp:languageFamily	gptkb:Bantu_languages gptkb:Niger-Congo_languages
gptkbp:linguisticCode	Glottolog: sout2800
gptkbp:nativeName	gptkb:Sesotho
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers	over 5 million
gptkbp:officialLanguage	gptkb:Lesotho gptkb:South_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:usedInEducation	gptkb:Lesotho gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:writingSystem	gptkb:Latin_alphabet
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Johannesburg gptkb:Pretoria gptkb:Pretoria,_South_Africa gptkb:Republic_of_South_Africa gptkb:Sesotho
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5