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Sesotho
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| (Southern) Sotho Sesotho | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation: | IPA: /sɛ̀.sʉ́.tʰʉ̀/ | |
| Spoken in: | Lesotho and South Africa | |
| Total speakers: | at least 5 million | |
| Language family: | Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Narrow Bantu Central S group Sotho-Tswana (Southern) Sotho | |
| Official status | ||
| Official language of: | Lesotho, South Africa | |
| Regulated by: | Pan South African Language Board | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | st | |
| ISO 639-2: | sot | |
| ISO 639-3: | sot | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Sotho (Sesotho, Southern Sotho or Southern Sesotho) is a language spoken primarily in South Africa, where it has official language status, and in Lesotho, where it is the national language.