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Southern Sotho (Speech variety #244)

Speech Variety Code:#244
Speech Variety Name:Southern Sotho
Status:Verified
Registry Of Dialects (ROD) Code:Does not qualify
ISO 639-3 Language Code:sot
ISO 639-3 Language Name: Southern Sotho
ISO Macrolanguage Name: 
Ethnologue 16th Edition Code:sot
Ethnologue 16th Edition Name:Sotho, Southern
GRN Name:Sesotho
Number of speakers:
Other Information:National language, Close to Pedi, Tswana; Roman Catholic & Animist.; Bible.
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Alternate names for Southern Sotho

Sisutho
Sotho: Southern
Souto
Sutho
Suthu
Suto
Suto: Southern

Where Southern Sotho is spoken

Botswana
Lesotho
South Africa

Related speech varieties

There are 2 similar speech varieties that share the same ISO 639-3 language code:

Sotho, Southern: Phuthi

Sotho, Southern: Taung

If you have more information about the Southern Sotho language, please contact the ROD Steward.