Sotho

Sotho

Sotho may refer to:

*The Sotho people (or "Basotho"), an African ethnic group principally resident in South Africa and Lesotho.
*The Sotho language ("Sesotho" or "Southern Sotho"), a Bantu Language spoken in southern Africa, an official language of both South Africa and Lesotho.
*The Northern Sotho language (or "Sesotho sa Leboa"), a group of related Bantu dialects classed together as an official language of South Africa.
*The Sotho (S 30, or Sotho-Tswana) language group, a linguistic classification which groups together the related languages Sotho, Northern Sotho, Tswana, and Lozi.
*The Sotho-Tswana people, a group of southern African ethnic groups with a common history, speakers of languages in the Sotho group.
*Lesotho, a country in southern Africa entirely surrounded by South Africa.


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  • Sotho — Sotho,   Basuto, zwei kulturell nahe verwandte, durch eigenständige historisch soziologische Entwicklung getrennte Bantuvölker im südlichen Afrika. Von den etwa 4,1 Mio. sehr einheitlichen Südsotho (Seshoeshoe) leben 2,1 Mio. in der Provinz… …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • Sotho — [sō′thō, sō′tō] n. pl. Sothos or Sotho 1. a member of a group of peoples living in S Africa 2. the group of Bantu languages of these peoples …   English World dictionary

  • Sotho — (Suto), die Sprache der Basuto (s. d.) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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  • Sotho — Basotho Basotho Écolier Basotho Populations significatives par régions …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Sotho — /sooh tooh, soh toh/, n., pl. Sothos, (esp. collectively) Sotho for 3. 1. a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in Lesotho and South Africa. 2. any of the Sotho languages, esp. Sesotho. 3. Also called Basuto. a member of any of a… …   Universalium

  • Sotho — I noun 1. a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages • Hypernyms: ↑Bantu • Member Holonyms: ↑Botswana, ↑Republic of Botswana, ↑Lesotho, ↑Kingdom …   Useful english dictionary

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