Sotho (Noun)
Meaning 1
Any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Sotho is an official language in South Africa, along with Afrikaans and isiNdebele.
- In Lesotho, Sotho is an essential language and is used in schools and as a primary language for government services.
- She was taking a Sotho course at a local language school to communicate with her friends during the trip to Botswana.
- Northern Sotho and Southern Sotho, the two primary dialects, although mutually intelligible, have distinct differences in pronunciation and vocabulary.
- At a UNESCO conference, linguists stressed that it was crucial to keep Sotho as a traditional family language and also integrate it with modern dialects and contemporary expressions.
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Meaning 2
A member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.