Sotho

Southern Sotho is a Bantu language spoken in South Africa and Lesotho. It is an agglutinative language meaning that it uses agglutination extensively: most words are formed by joining morphemes together.

Map of Sotho language speakers.
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Map of Sotho language speakers.
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Basic stats

Total speakers: 5 million

Main Countries: South Africa, Lesotho

Alternate names: Suto, Suthu, Souto, Sesotho, Sisutho

ISO 639-3 Code: sot


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Language Sample

Batho bohle ba tswetswe ba lokolohile mme ba lekana ka botho le ditokelo. Ba tswetswe le monahano le letswalo mme ba tlamehile ho phedisana le ba bang ka moya wa boena.

(Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1)


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Some proverbs in Sotho:

Bo tsholwa bo tjhesa, bo tsohe bo fodile
Tempers cool down with time

Ntja e tsokela ya e fang
A dog follows the one who feeds it


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Some riddles in Sotho

Question: Nonyana e siyang mahe e balehe? (A bird that leaves its eggs and runs away?)
Answer: Mosi, o siya mollo. (Smoke, it leaves the fire)

Question: Majwana-mabedi, mabetsa-hole? (Two little stones, the far throwers?)
Answer: Mahlo. (Eyes.)

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Product Availability

The following products are currently available in Sotho:

  • For Consumers

(Coming soon)

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Sources

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