Sotho language

Sotho
Sotho
Southern Sotho
Sesotho
Pronunciation	[sɪ̀sʊ́tʰʊ̀]
Native to	Lesotho; South Africa; Zimbabwe;
Ethnicity	Basotho
Native speakers	5.6 million (2001–2011); 7.9 million L2 speakers in South Africa (2002)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Southern Bantu Sotho–Tswana Sotho; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Latin (Sesotho alphabet); Sotho Braille; Ditema tsa Dinoko
Signed forms	Signed Sotho
Official status
Official language in	Lesotho; South Africa; Zimbabwe;
Regulated by	Pan South African Language Board
Language codes
ISO 639-1	st
ISO 639-2	sot
ISO 639-3	sot
Glottolog	sout2807
Guthrie code	S.33
Linguasphere	99-AUT-ee incl. varieties 99-AUT-eea to 99-AUT-eee

Sotho (/sɛˈsuːtuː/) Sesotho, also known as Southern Sotho or Sesotho sa Borwa is a Southern Bantu language of the Sotho–Tswana ("S.30") group, spoken in Lesotho, and South Africa where it is an official language;

Like all Bantu languages, Sesotho is an agglutinative language that uses numerous affixes and derivational and inflexional rules to build complete words.

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