Sotho

So·tho

 (sō′tō, so͞o′to͞o)

n. pl. Sotho or So·thos

1.

a. A group of closely related Bantu languages, including Tswana, spoken in southern Africa.

b. Any of these languages.

2. A member of a Sotho-speaking people.

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Sotho

(ˈsuːtuː; ˈsəʊtəʊ)

npl -tho or -thospl -tho or -thos

1. (Peoples) a member of a large grouping of Negroid peoples of southern Africa, living chiefly in Botswana, South Africa, and Lesotho

2. (Languages) the group of mutually intelligible languages of this people, including Lesotho, Tswana, and Pedi. It belongs to the Bantu group of the Niger-Congo family

3. (Peoples) South African a member of the Basotho people; a Mosotho

4. (Languages) South African the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho; Sesotho. It is an official language of Lesotho along with English

Former name (for senses 3, 4): Basuto

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So•tho

(ˈsu tu, ˈsoʊ toʊ)

n., pl. -thos, (esp. collectively) -tho for 1.

1. a member of any of a group of African peoples of Lesotho, Botswana, and the Republic of South Africa.

2. the closely related Bantu languages of these peoples.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Sotho - a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages Botswana, Republic of Botswana - a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s Basutoland, Kingdom of Lesotho, Lesotho - a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 Republic of South Africa, South Africa - a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) Bantu - a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa
	2.	Sotho - any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho Bantoid language, Bantu - a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent Basuto, Sesotho - the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho; an official language of Lesotho Sechuana, Setswana, Tswana - the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Tswana in Botswana
Adj.	1.	Sotho - of or relating to any of the group of Sotho languages; "Sotho noun classifiers"

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