Southern Sesotho Language This Bantu language originates from
the Bantu-Nguni era and is also known as Suto, Souto, Sisutho as
well as Suthu. The dialects originates from Suto, Pedi as well
as Tswana but at the same time is considered to be a separate
language. Being one of the eleven official languages of South
Africa, Southern Sesotho is spoken by more than five million of
the South African population as well as peoples in Lesotho,
Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. In Lesotho, Southern Sesotho is
one of the two official languages and is spoken by more than 85%
of inhabitants. According to scholars, the original written form
of this language was based on the dialect from Tlokwa and today
it is mostly based on the dialects from the Kwena and Fokeng. To
describe the language is quite a task, as it is regarded to have
nine vowels which are collapsed in five letters each. This, when
compared to other languages of this nature is quite a large
amount. The language consists of 35 consonants, which include
two semi-vowe