Sotho

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Sotho

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Alternative forms

• Sutho, Soto, Suto

Etymology

From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsutu/
• Rhymes: -utu

Proper noun

Sotho

1. A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia.
2. (specifically) Sesotho (“the language”) (Southern Sotho).

Derived terms

• Northern Sotho
• Southern Sotho

Related terms

• Basotho
• Lesotho
• Mosotho
• Sesotho

Translations

group of Bantu lects

Romanian: sotho n Swahili: Kisuthu

Sotho language

Afrikaans: Suid-Sotho (af) Chichewa: Chisutu Finnish: sotho (fi) French: sotho du Sud (fr) m, sesotho (fr) m German: Sesotho (de) n, Südliches Sotho n, Süd-Sotho (de) n Persian: زبان سوتو (zabân soto) Russian: сесо́то (ru) m (sesóto) Sotho: Sesotho (st) Spanish: sesotho m Swahili: Kisuthu

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sotho terms

Noun

Sotho (plural Sotho)

1. A Mosotho (“person”); a member of the Basotho (“people”).

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code st, ISO 639-3 code sot (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Sotho, sot ⁠

Anagrams

• toosh, Hoots, Htoos, shoot, hoots, O-shot, sooth