Northern Sotho
Proper noun
Meaning
Northern Sotho
One of the Sotho languages, an official language in South Africa.
Examples
Confusion of nomenclature with Sepedi Northern Sotho has often been equated with its major component Sepedi, and continued to be known as Pedi or Sepedi for some years after the new South African constitution appeared.
Classification Northern Sotho is one of the Sotho languages of the Bantu family.
Geographical distribution of Northern Sotho in South Africa: density of Northern Sotho home-language speakers.
However, the Pan South African Language Board and the Northern Sotho National Lexicography Unit now specifically prefer and endorse the names "Northern Sotho" or "Sesotho sa Leboa".
Lobedu (also Khilovedu or Selobedu) exists only in an unwritten form, and the standard Northern Sotho language and orthography is usually used for teaching and writing by this language community.
Museums, monuments and memorials * The Bakone Malapa Northern Sotho Open-Air Museum — Depicts the traditional and modern-day lifestyle of the Bakone people.