Sesotho

Southern Bantu language
Intangible natural_language Q34340
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Sesotho

Summary

Sesotho is a natural language[1]. Sesotho draws 383 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's ISO 639-1 code is recorded as st[7].
  • Sesotho's ISO 639-2 code is recorded as sot[8].
  • Sesotho's ISO 639-3 code is recorded as sot[9].
  • Sesotho's GND ID is recorded as 4238910-0[10].
  • Sesotho's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119812547[11].
  • Sesotho's IdRef ID is recorded as 027612260[12].
  • Sesotho's GOST 7.75–97 code is recorded as сот 618[13].
  • Sesotho's subclass of is recorded as Sotho–Tswana[14].
  • Sesotho's writing system is recorded as Latin script[15].
  • Sesotho's IETF language tag is recorded as st[16].
  • Sesotho's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00571484[17].
  • Sesotho's Commons category is recorded as Sotho language[18].
  • Sesotho's Wikimedia language code is recorded as st[19].
  • Sesotho's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q33890 (nso)-Mohau-Sesotho.wav[20].
  • Sesotho's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 58113[21].
  • Sesotho's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -29.6, 'lon': 28.3}[22].
  • Sesotho's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01vp3n[23].
  • Sesotho's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sotho language[24].
  • Sesotho's page banner is recorded as Sesotho phrasebook banner Maletsunyane Falls.JPG[25].
  • Sesotho's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300443737[26].
  • Sesotho's language regulatory body is recorded as Pan South African Language Board[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

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

Why It Matters

Sesotho draws 383 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].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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