Southern Sotho facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Southern Sotho
Sesotho
Native to	Lesotho South Africa
Region	Southern Africa
Native speakers	6 024 000  (date missing)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Southern Bantu Sotho-Tswana Group Southern Sotho
Writing system	Latin
Official status
Official language in	South Africa
Regulated by	Pan South African Language Board

Southern Sotho (Sesotho in Southern Sotho) is an African language mainly spoken by people living in Lesotho and the Free State Province of South Africa.

Southern Sotho is one of the eleven official languages of South Africa. It is spoken by almost 6,024,000 people, or 7% of South Africans at home (2011 census). Southern Sotho is part of the Sotho language family.

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  A Mosotho woman holding up a sign protesting violence against women, written in her native Sesotho language, at a National Women's Day protest at the National University of Lesotho. The sign translates: "If you do not listen to women, we will lose patience with you." (2008)

See also

In Spanish: Sesoto para niños