Sesotho
English
Alternative forms
- Sesoto, Sesuto, Sesutho
Etymology
Sotho Sesotho
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈsutu/, /səˈsoʊtoʊ/
- (native pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɛ̀.sʉ́.tʰʉ̀/
Proper noun
Sesotho
- A Bantu language spoken mainly in Lesotho and in the Free State and Gauteng provinces of South Africa.
Synonyms
language
- Sotho
- Southern Sesotho
- Southern Sotho
Hypernyms
language
- Bantu
- Sotho
Derived terms
- Northern Sesotho
- Southern Sesotho
Translations
Bantu language
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Noun
Sesotho (plural Sesotho)
- A member of an African ethnic group who speak the Sesotho language.
- Synonym: Mosotho
Adjective
Sesotho
- In or pertaining to the Sesotho language.
- Pertaining to the Basotho people or culture, or language.
Translations
pertaining to the Basotho
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Related terms
- Basotho
- Lesotho
- Mosotho
- Sotho
See also
- Sesotho Web - Resource on the language Sesotho (also includes dictionary)
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Sesotho, sot
Anagrams
- soothes, tooshes