Sotho

//ˈsutu// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Mosotho (“person”); a member of the Basotho (“people”).
  2. 2
    any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho wordnet
  3. 3
    a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to any of the group of Sotho languages wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia.
  2. 2
    Sesotho (“the language”) (Southern Sotho). specifically

Synonyms

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basutosesothosotho languagesouthern sotho

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, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho.

Related phrases

Northern SothoSouthern Sothosouth africa

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