ISO 639-3 · sotsot
Niger–Congo family
Sesotho
seSotho
Sesotho is a language of the Sotho–Tswana branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Lesotho, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Wikidata counts about 6 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Southern Bantu language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sot- ISO 639-1
st- Glottocode
sout2807- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Centre point
- -29.60, 28.30
- Wikipedia
- 94 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
9levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Sesotho · seSotho |
|---|---|
| Also called | Southern Sotho, Sotho, Sotho language |
| All speakers | 6,000,000 |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Sesotho
The branches above Sesotho, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
