Sotho

English

Alternative forms

• Sutho, Soto, Suto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintuder.?

Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀

Sotho motho

Sotho -sothoder.

English Sotho

From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsutu/
• Rhymes: -utu

Proper noun

Sotho

1. A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia.
2. (specifically) Sesotho (“the language”) (Southern Sotho).

Derived terms

• Northern Sotho
• Southern Sotho

Related terms

• Basotho
• Lesotho
• Mosotho
• Sesotho

Translations

group of Bantu lects

• Romanian: sotho n
• Swahili: Kisuthu

Sotho language

• Afrikaans: Suid-Sotho (af)
• Chichewa: Chisutu
• Finnish: sotho (fi)
• French: sotho du Sud (fr) m, sesotho (fr) m
• German: Sesotho (de) n, Südliches Sotho n, Süd-Sotho (de) n
• Persian: زبان سوتو (zabân soto)
• Russian: сесо́то (ru) m (sesóto)
• Sotho: Sesotho (st)
• Spanish: sesotho m
• Swahili: Kisuthu

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sotho terms

Noun

Sotho (plural Sotho)

1. A Mosotho (“person”); a member of the Basotho (“people”).

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code st, ISO 639-3 code sot (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Sotho, sot ⁠

Anagrams

• toosh, Hoots, Htoos, shoot, hoots, O-shot, sooth