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Northern Sotho
Sign in to saveAlso known as Northern Sotho language, nso, sepedi, pedi, Sepulana, Transvaal-Sotho
Bantu language
Northern Sotho is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, where it is one of the country's 11 official languages. It matters because it is a primary language for millions of people in the northern regions of South Africa, making it an important part of the country's linguistic and cultural identity.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- modern language
- Subclass of
- Sotho–Tswana
- Country
- South Africa
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- P10369
- South Africa
- language regulatory body
- Pan South African Language Board
- writing system
- Latin script
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 4100000
- Commons category
- Northern Sotho language
- Wikimedia language code
- nso
- topic's main category
- Category:Northern Sotho language
- native label
- Sesotho sa Leboa
- indigenous to
- Mpumalanga
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Encyclopedic overview
A speaker of the Northern Sotho language Sepedi is one of South Africa’s twelve official languages and belongs to the Bantu language family, specifically the Sotho-Tswana group. The language is spoken mainly in Limpopo Province, and to a lesser extent in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and North West.
Sepedi refers to the dialect spoken by the Pedi people. Northern Sotho is the umbrella term for a group of related dialects. The two terms are often used interchangeably, but technically Sepedi is one dialect of Northern Sotho.
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