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Northern Sotho

Meaning of "Northern Sotho" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF NORTHERN SOTHO

Northern Sotho


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NORTHERN SOTHO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Northern Sotho is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NORTHERN SOTHO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Northern Sotho language

Northern Sotho is a Bantu language spoken primarily in South Africa, where it is one of the 11 official languages. According to the 2011 census it was the first language of 4,618,576 people in South Africa, principally in the provinces of Limpopo, Gauteng and Mpumalanga. Urban varieties of Northern Sotho, such as Pretoria Sotho, have acquired clicks in an ongoing process of the spread of such sounds from Nguni languages. The spiritual father of Bapedi is King Sekhukhune who lived from 1814 to 1882.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NORTHERN SOTHO

Northern Cape · Northern Cross · Northern Dvina · northern hemisphere · Northern Ireland · Northern Irish · Northern Isles · Northern Karoo · northern lights · Northern Mariana Islands · northern porgy · Northern Province · Northern Rhodesia · Northern Sporades · Northern Territories · Northern Territory · Northerner

WORDS THAT END LIKE NORTHERN SOTHO

altho · Basotho · Catho · Clotho · Lesotho · litho · metho · Mmabatho · Mosotho · photolitho · Sesotho · Sotho · Southern Sotho

Synonyms and antonyms of Northern Sotho in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Northern Sotho» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF NORTHERN SOTHO

Find out the translation of Northern Sotho to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Northern Sotho from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Northern Sotho» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

北索托
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

sotho del norte
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Northern Sotho
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

उत्तरी सोथो
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السوتو الشمالية
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Северный сото
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Northern Sotho
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

উত্তরাঞ্চলীয় সোথো
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

sotho du Nord
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Sotho Utara
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Northern Sotho
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

北部ソト語
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

북부 소토어
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Sotho Lor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Bắc Sotho
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வடக்கு சோதோ
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

उत्तरी सोथो
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Kuzey Sotho
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

Northern Sotho
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

Północnej sotho
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

північний сото
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Northern Sotho
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Βόρεια Σόθο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Noord-Sotho
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nordsotho
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nord-sotho
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Northern Sotho

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NORTHERN SOTHO»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of Northern Sotho
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Northern Sotho».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Northern Sotho

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NORTHERN SOTHO»

Discover the use of Northern Sotho in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Northern Sotho and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Popular Northern Sotho Dictionary: Northern Sotho-English, ...
Revised, new edition of the most successful African language dictionary ever published.
D. J. Prinsloo, 2011
2
Globalisation and African Languages: Risks and Benefits
Kriel, Theunis J. 1 9764 The New English — Northern Sotho Dictionary, English - Northern Sotho, Northern Sotho - English. Johannesburg: Educum Publishers. 19833 Pukuntsu woordeboek, Noord-Sotho - Afrikaans, Afrikaans - Noord-Sotho.
Katrin Bromber, Birgit Smieja, 2004
3
Library of Congress Subject Headings
... Sotho (African people) USE Pedi (African people) Northern Sotho children's songs USE Children's songs, Northern Sotho Northern Sotho folk songs USE Folk songs, Northern Sotho Northern Sotho imprints (May Subd Geog) Northern Sotho ...
Library of Congress, 2006
4
Language in South Africa
The case of Northern Sotho is also instructive. The 'ethnic group' Northern Sotho was demonstrably invented by the Nationalist government to unify a diverse set of people, who formerly were called 'the Transvaal Sotho', some- times ...
Rajend Mesthrie, 2002
5
Principles and Practice of South African Lexicography
The New English – Northern Sotho Dictionary, English – Northern Sotho, Northern Sotho – English. Johannesburg: Educum Publishers. (NeW) Du Plessis, M. 1999. New Words Nuwe Woorde. Cape Town: Pharos. (NSD) Prinsloo, D. J. and ...
R. H. Gouws, D. J. Prinsloo, 2005
6
Language Science and Language technology in Africa
According to Esterhuyse (1975:1) a clear distinction must be drawn between two periods in the development of the orthography for Northern Sotho, namely the period before October 1929 and the period thereafter. The year 1929 signalled an ...
Steve Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, Sonja E Bosch, 2012
7
South Africa and Its People
who belong to the Northern Ndebele cultural and linguistic group also speak Northern Sotho which is the dominant language in Limpopo Province; it is also spoken in the North West Province. Northern Sotho is also known as Sepedi or Pedi, ...
Godfrey Mwakikagile, 2008
8
Western Civilization in Southern Africa: Studies in Culture ...
Tšwana hasasyet no uniform writtenstandard, and Northern Sotho isonly justnow entering uponthat stage;butthe timeis not far distant whenthe Pedi dialeal form, which hasserved Northern Sotho so far, will ceasetobe the only basis of the ...
Isaac Schapera, 2013
9
Focus Strategies in African Languages: The Interaction of ...
Conclusion and discussion The experimental part had as its objective to test if there is a prosodic expression of focus in Northern Sotho when the focused constituent is in-situ and is followed by discourse-old material. Studies on Chichewa ...
Enoch Oladé Aboh, Katharina Hartmann, Malte Zimmermann, 2007
10
The Power of Performance: Linking Past and Present in ...
view of research done on Northern Sotho oral literature related to these topics follows:23 Makgamatha (1990) investigated the transformation from orality to literacy regarding prose narratives in Northern Sotho in his unpublished doctoral  ...
Annekie Joubert, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NORTHERN SOTHO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Northern Sotho is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Reclaim our languages
The University of Limpopo's bilingual course in English and multilingual studies, taught in Sesotho sa Leboa (Northern Sotho) and English, is a ... «News24, Jun 15»
2
Malema lives to fight another day
The crowd, bedecked in red overalls and EFF regalia, listened to Malema as he spoke in Northern Sotho – his home language – and English. «Independent Online, Jun 15»
3
ACT and Nedbank continue to enable the arts
... used to make self-styled traditional Dinaka/Kiba costumes and various self-styled traditional Northern Sotho beads in their order of relevance. «Artslink.co.za News, May 15»
4
Peter Wilhelm: UCT's shameful Rhodes Scholar Max Price
Nor apparently will English, Afrikaans, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda. Xhosa, or Zulu. So an extra half-dozen ... «BizNews, Apr 15»
5
Emerging economies fuel surge in demand for The Translation People
... projects in languages which are lesser-known in the UK, such as Mongolian, Northern Sotho – spoken primarily in South Africa – and Telugu, ... «Manchester Evening News, Apr 15»
6
A One Way Ticket to Understanding: A Conversation With Author …
A now peri-urban community, Acronhoek was actually divided down the middle, via the railroad tracks, with Lebowa (the Northern Sotho ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
7
Culture And Lifestyle In South Africa.
South Africa with its capital Pretoria has eleven official languages; Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, ... «Nigerian Bulletin, Jan 15»
8
Southee return bolsters New Zealand
As an illustration, South Africa has eleven official languages: Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Oct 14»
9
Changing face of culture
The language was classified as Northern Sotho during Apartheid but it is completely different from Sepedi, even Bapedi have difficulty ... «News24, Sep 14»
10
Find ebola health information in your local home language on …
... Zulu, Setswana, Sesotho, Siswati, Tsonga, Northern Sotho, Venda and Ndebele, can gain valuable health information on the sickness. «htxt.africa, Sep 14»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Northern Sotho [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/northern-sotho>. Apr 2024 ».
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