Northern Sotho

Bantu language
Language language Q33890
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Northern Sotho

Summary

Northern Sotho is a language[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (459 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Northern Sotho is in the country of South Africa[3].
  • Northern Sotho's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Northern Sotho's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Northern Sotho is a type of Sotho–Tswana[6].
  • Northern Sotho's writing system is recorded as Latin script[7].
  • Northern Sotho's Commons category is recorded as Northern Sotho language[8].
  • Northern Sotho's Wikimedia language code is recorded as nso[9].
  • Northern Sotho's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -23, 'lon': 29}[10].
  • Northern Sotho's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Northern Sotho language[11].
  • Northern Sotho's language regulatory body is recorded as Pan South African Language Board[12].
  • Northern Sotho's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+4100000'}[13].
  • Northern Sotho's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nso', 'text': 'Sepedi'}[14].
  • Northern Sotho's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nso', 'text': 'Sesotho sa Leboa'}[15].
  • Northern Sotho's indigenous to is recorded as North West[16].
  • Northern Sotho's indigenous to is recorded as Gauteng[17].
  • Northern Sotho's indigenous to is recorded as Limpopo[18].
  • Northern Sotho's indigenous to is recorded as Mpumalanga[19].
  • Northern Sotho's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/NSO[20].
  • Northern Sotho's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 1 National[21].
  • Northern Sotho's category for films in this language is recorded as Category:Northern Sotho-language films[22].
  • Northern Sotho's related category is recorded as Category:Northern Sotho pronunciation[23].

Why It Matters

Northern Sotho ranks in the top 3% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (459 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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