Northern Sotho
Sotho-Tswana language spoken in South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the northeastern South African language. For the Lesotho and central South African language, see Sotho language.
Sesotho sa Lebowa is an official language for the Lebowa homeland during apartheid, is a Sotho-Tswana language group spoken in the northeastern provinces of South Africa. It is erroneously commonly referred to in its standardized form[4] as Pedi or Sepedi and holds the status of an official language in South Africa.[5] [6]
Quick Facts Native to, Region ...
Northern Sotho | |
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Native to | South Africa |
Region | Gauteng, Limpopo, parts of Mpumalanga |
Ethnicity | Pedi
Lobedu Pulana Tlôkwa |
Native speakers | 4.7 million (2011 census)[1] 9.1 million L2 speakers (2002)[2] |
Early forms | Tswaniac
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Standard forms | Pedi |
Latin (Northern Sotho alphabet) Sotho Braille Ditema tsa Dinoko | |
Signed Northern Sotho | |
Official status | |
Official language in | South Africa |
Regulated by | Pan South African Language Board |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | nso |
ISO 639-3 | nso |
Glottolog | pedi1238 Pedi |
S.32,301–304 [3] | |
Linguasphere | 99-AUT-ed |
Geographical distribution of Northern Sotho in South Africa: proportion of the population that speaks a form of Northern Sotho at home.
0–20%
20–40%
40–60%
60–80%
80–100% | |
Geographical distribution of Northern Sotho in South Africa: density of Northern Sotho home-language speakers.
<1 /km²
1–3 /km²
3–10 /km²
10–30 /km²
30–100 /km²
100–300 /km²
300–1000 /km²
1000–3000 /km²
>3000 /km² | |
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Quick Facts Pedi, Person ...
Pedi | |
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Person | Mopedi |
People | Bapedi |
Language | Sepedi |
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According to the South African National Census of 2011, it is the first language of over 4.6 million (9.1%) people, making it the 5th most spoken language in South Africa. The Northern Sotho language is spoken most commonly in Mpumalanga, Gauteng and the Limpopo provinces.[7]