sotho
IPA: sˈoʊθoʊ
Root Word: Sotho
noun
- A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia.
- (specifically) Sesotho (“the language”) (Southern Sotho).
- A Mosotho (“person”); a member of the Basotho (“people”).
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Examples of "sotho" in Sentences
- Ndebele and Sotho are also widely spoken.
- Once again, diplomacy saved the Sotho kingdom.
- He also have a song in Portuguese language and Sotho.
- This encounter saw the widespread deployment of Sotho cavalry.
- Boipatong means the place of hiding in the South Sotho language.
- Basotho isn't the name of the language, it means 'the Sotho people'.
- Sesotho has only four but Northern Sotho and Setswana are much worse...
- In the area surrounding Fochville are a number of Sotho or Tswana ruins.
- I'm editing the Sotho Tswana page, and will propose the merger there too.
- For example the Sotho people are often reffered to as the BaSotho on radio.
- It said the games, known as Bapala (a sotho word meaning ` to play ')' 96, would be the inaugural African Gay Games and cultural festival.
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