Sesotho

Summary

Sesotho is a natural language^[1]. Sesotho draws 874 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #133 of 734).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sesotho is in the country of South Africa^[3].
• Sesotho is in the country of Lesotho^[4].
• Sesotho's instance of is recorded as natural language^[5].
• Sesotho's instance of is recorded as modern language^[6].
• Sesotho is a type of Sotho–Tswana^[7].
• Sesotho's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[8].
• Sesotho's Commons category is recorded as Sotho language^[9].
• Sesotho's Wikimedia language code is recorded as st^[10].
• Sesotho's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -29.6, 'lon': 28.3}^[11].
• Sesotho's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sotho language^[12].
• Sesotho's language regulatory body is recorded as Pan South African Language Board^[13].
• Sesotho's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+6000000'}^[14].
• Sesotho's topic has template is recorded as Q61684575^[15].
• Sesotho's topic has template is recorded as Q36491203^[16].
• Sesotho's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'st', 'text': 'seSotho'}^[17].
• Sesotho's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'st', 'text': 'Sesotho'}^[18].
• Sesotho's indigenous to is recorded as Lesotho^[19].
• Sesotho's indigenous to is recorded as Eastern Cape^[20].
• Sesotho's indigenous to is recorded as Free State^[21].
• Sesotho's indigenous to is recorded as Gauteng^[22].
• Sesotho's indigenous to is recorded as Mpumalanga^[23].
• Sesotho's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SOT^[24].
• Sesotho's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 1 National^[25].
• Sesotho's category for films in this language is recorded as Category:Sotho-language films^[26].
• Sesotho's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language^[5] and modern language^[6]. Sesotho is a type of Sotho–Tswana^[7].

Influence

Things named for Sesotho include Lesotho^[28], a sovereign state^[29], in Lesotho^[30], founded in 1966^[31].

Why It Matters

Sesotho draws 874 Wikipedia views per month (natural_language category, ranking #133 of 734).^[2] Sesotho has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Sesotho is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Sesotho include Lesotho^[28], a sovereign state^[29], in Lesotho^[30], founded in 1966^[31].