Sesotho

//səˈsutu// adj, name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an African ethnic group who speak the Sesotho language.
  2. 2
    any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    In or pertaining to the Sesotho language.
  2. 2
    Pertaining to the Basotho people or culture, or language.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Bantu language spoken mainly in Lesotho and in the Free State and Gauteng provinces of South Africa.

Synonyms

All synonyms
basutomosothosothosothosothosotho language

Example

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"The Republic of South Africa’s official languages are: Afrikaans, English, Northern Sotho, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa, and Zulu."

Etymology

From Sotho Sesotho.

Related phrases

Northern SesothoSouthern Sesothofree statesouth africa

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