Northern Sotho language
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Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa in Northern Sotho) is an African language mainly spoken by people living in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.
| Sepedi | |
|---|---|
| Native to | South Africa |
| Region | Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga |
| Native speakers | 4.7 million (2011 census)e18 9.1 million L2 speakers (2002)[1] |
| Language family | |
| Dialects | Pedi
Lobedu (Kgaga)
Gananwa (Tlokwa)
Kopa (Ndebele-Sotho)
Birwa[2]
Tswapong[2]
? Phalaborwa
? Kutswe (East Sotho)
? Pai (East Sotho)
? Pulana (East Sotho)
|
| Writing system | Latin (Sotho alphabet) Sotho Braille |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | South Africa |
| Regulated by | Pan South African Language Board |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | nso |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: nso – Pedi etc. brl – Birwa two – Tswapong |
| Guthrie code | S.32,301–304[2] |
| Linguasphere | |
| Pedi | |
| person | Mopedi |
| people | Bapedi |
| language | Sepedi |
File:South Africa Northern Sotho speakers proportion map.svg
Geographical distribution of Sepedi in South Africa: proportion of the population that speaks a form of Sepedi at home.
| 0–20% 20–40% 40–60% | 60–80% 80–100% |
File:South Africa Northern Sotho speakers density map.svg
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 |
Northern Sotho is one of the eleven official languages of South Africa. It is spoken by almost 4 618 500 people, or 8.4% of South Africans at home (2011-census). Northern Sotho is part of the Sotho language family.
Northern Sotho Language Media
- WIKITONGUES- Edgar speaking Northern Sotho.webm
A speaker of the Northern Sotho language
References
| 40x40px | This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Northern Sotho language edition. |
- ↑ Webb, Vic. 2002. "Language in South Africa: the role of language in national transformation, reconstruction and development." Impact: Studies in language and society, 14:78
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online