Glottolog 5.2 - Southern Sotho

AES status:: not endangered
Source:: David M. Eberhard and Gary F. Simons and Charles D. Fennig 2025
Comment:: Sotho, Southern (sot-sot) = 1 (National). Statutory national language (1996, Constitution, Article 6(1)). Statutory provincial language in Gauteng, East Cape, Free State, and North West provinces (2012, Use of Official Languages Act, No. 12, Section 4(1)).

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lexvo:: Bahasa Sesotho [id]; Eteläsothon kieli [fi]; Gjuha sesote [sq]; IsiSotho [xh]; IsiSuthu [zu]; Język sotho [pl]; Lengua sesotho [lij]; Lingua sesotho [it]; SeSotho do sul [pt]; Sesotho [da]; Sesotho simi [qu]; Sesoto kalba [lt]; Sota lingvo [eo]; Sotho [eu]; Sotho du Sud [fr]; Sotho language [en]; Sotho, Southern [en]; Sothoeg [br]; Southern Sotho [en]; Suid-Sotho [af]; Sutum [nov]; Süd-Sotho [de]; Zuid-Sotho [nl]; sotho du Sud [fr]; sotho language [en]; Сесото [bg]; سېسوتوچە [ug]; सिसोथो भाषा [hi]; ソト語 [ja]; 塞索托语 [zh]; 소토어 [ko]
moseley & asher (1994):: Sotho (Southern)
multitree:: Sesotho; Sisutho; Sotho; Sotho, Southern; Soto; Southern; Southern Sotho; Souto; Suthu; Suto
ruhlen (1987):: Sotho (South)
wals:: Sesotho
wals other:: S Sotho; Southern Sotho