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Sotho.

A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia.

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name/ˈsutu/

  1. A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia.

  2. Sesotho (“the language”) (Southern Sotho).

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintuder.? Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ Sotho motho Sotho -sothoder. English Sotho From Sotho, from Sotho -sotho, from Sotho motho.

noun/ˈsutu/

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

Where this word comes from

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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