The South Sotho language of the Basotho people, an official language in Lesotho and South Africa, with over 5 million speakers.
Also called "Southern Sotho"
‘The Sotho language, or Sesotho, is a Bantu language closely related to Setswana.’
‘While her mother tongue is Afrikaans, she speaks some Spanish and some Sesotho, learned while in Maseru.’
‘They translated the Bible into Sesotho, taught us how to scribble on slate to represent our language, printed books, and so on.’
‘Yes, we were beaten up if we spoke Sesotho at school.’
‘And what's its relation to Sesotho and Basotho?’
‘The leaflets have been published in seven of the eleven official languages, namely: Afrikaans, Tsonga, Sesotho, Zulu, English, Venda and Xhosa.’
‘‘If we sing in Sesotho, it doesn't mean we are singing kwaito music, we just express ourselves better in our own language,’ said Norten.’
‘Check your traffic ticket and see if you notice any Setswana, Sesotho or isiZulu printed with the English.’
‘‘A woman is the child of her father, her husband and her son,’ goes an old saying in Sesotho, the nation's traditional language.’
‘Diena Louwrens, head of council and committees, says the City has four official languages - Afrikaans, English, isiZulu and Sesotho - and it has been recommended that all official communication use those languages.’
Origin
The name in Sesotho.
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