What is Sotho language?
{{Infobox language |name=Southern Sotho |nativename=Sesotho |familycolor=Niger-Congo |states=[[Lesotho]]<br />[[South Africa]] |region=Southern Africa |speakers= 6&nbsp;024&nbsp;000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=sot|title=Sotho, Southern|work=Ethnologue|accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> |script=[[Roman alphabet|Latin]] |fam2=[[Atlantic-Congo languages|Atlantic-Congo]] |fam3=[[Volta-Congo languages|Volta-Congo]] |fam4=[[Benue-Congo languages|Benue-Congo]] |fam5=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |fam6=[[Southern Bantoid languages|Southern Bantoid]] |fam7=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] |fam8=[[Southern Bantu]] |fam9= Sotho-Tswana Group |nation={{flag|Lesotho}}<br>{{flag|South Africa}} |agency=[[Pan South African Language Board]] |iso1=st|iso2=sot|iso3=sot}} '''Southern Sotho''' (''Sesotho'' in Southern Sotho) is an [[Africa]]n language mainly spoken by people living in [[Lesotho]] and the [[Free State]] Province of [[South Africa]]. Southern Sotho is one of the two official languages of Lesotho and one of the eleven official languages of South Africa. It is spoken by almost 6,024,000 people, or 7% of South Africans at home (2011 census). Southern Sotho is part of the Sotho language family. Southern Sotho contains many loanwords from [[Zulu language|Zulu]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{InterWiki|code=st}} {{authority control}} {{Stub}} [[Category:Bantu languages]] [[Category:Languages of South Africa]] [[Category:Languages of Lesotho]]