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Northern Sotho Sesotho sa LeboaNative to South AfricaRegion Gauteng, Limpopo, MpumalangaNative speakers 4.1 million (2006)Language
family Niger–Congo Atlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantuSouthern BantuSotho–TswanaSothoNorthern SothoDialects
Pedi (Masemola, Tau, Koni) Lobedu (Kgaga) Gananwa (Tlokwa) Kopa (Ndebele-Sotho) Birwa Tswapong ? Phalaborwa ? Kutswe (East
Sotho) ? Pai (East Sotho) ? Pulana (East Sotho) Official statusOfficial language in 22x20px South AfricaRegulated by Pan South
African Language BoardLanguage codesISO 639-2 nsoISO 639-3 Variously:nso – Pedi etc. brl – Birwatwo – TswapongGuthrie code
S.32,301–304Linguasphere parts of outer language 99-AUT-e The Pedi Language person moPedi/moSotho people baPedi/baSotho
language Sepedi/seSotho 0–20% 20–40% 40–60% 60–80% 80–100% ]] <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 a designation in English, rendered
officially and among indigenous speakers as Sesotho sa Leboa. Also confusingly known by the name of its major variety, Pedi
or Sepedi, Northern Sotho is a designated official language of South Africa, spoken by 4,208,980 people (2001 Census) in the
provinces of Gauteng, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. Urban varieties of Northern Sotho, such as Pretoria Sotho (actually a derivative
of Tswana), have acquired clicks in an ongoing process of the spread of such sounds from Nguni languages. |
Names (more)[en] Birwa |
Language type : Living
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ISO 639 CodesISO 639-3 : brlLinked Data URIshttp://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/brlhttp://dbpedia.org/resource/ISO_639:brl More URIs at sameas.org SourcesAuthority documentation for ISO 639 identifier: brlFreebase ISO 639-3 : brl GeoNames.org Country Information Publications Office of the European Union Metadata Registry : Countries and Languages |