Sotho
/ˈsutu/ · name
Meaning
- A Mosotho (“person”); a member of the Basotho (“people”).
- Sesotho (“the language”) (Southern Sotho).
- A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia.
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintuder.? Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ Sotho motho Sotho -sothoder. English Sotho From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho.
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