Sotho people

Summary

Sotho people is an ethnic group^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,414 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sotho people's religion is recorded as Catholicism^[3].
• Sotho people's religion is recorded as Protestantism^[4].
• Sotho people's religion is recorded as ancestor worship^[5].
• Sotho people is in the country of Botswana^[6].
• Sotho people is in the country of Lesotho^[7].
• Sotho people is in the country of South Africa^[8].
• Sotho people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group^[9].
• Sotho people is a type of Bantu people^[10].
• Sotho people's Commons category is recorded as Sotho people^[11].
• 500 marks the founding of Sotho people^[12].
• Sotho people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sotho people^[13].
• Sotho people has a population of {'amount': '+5300000'}^[14].
• Sotho people's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[15].
• Sotho people's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• Sotho people's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• Sotho people's language used is recorded as Sesotho^[18].

Body

Definition and Type

Sotho people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group^[9]. It is a type of Bantu people^[10].

Origins

500 marks the founding of Sotho people^[12].

Why It Matters

Sotho people ranks in the top 6% of ethnic_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,414 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]