索托语索托语Sesotho),又译“苏陀语”,是南非11种官方语言之一,还是莱索托的国语,属于班图语支。它是一种黏着语,用许多的词缀、派生词以及屈折变化来构成句子。这种语言有39个辅音,9个元音。

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索托语
Sesotho
发音sɪ̀sʊ́tʰʊ̀
母语国家和地区 莱索托
 南非
族群索托人
母语使用人数
560万 (2001–2011)[1]
789万人作为第二语言 (2002)[2]
语系
尼日尔-刚果语系
文字拉丁字母(索托字母)
索托盲文英语Sotho Braille
官方地位
作为官方语言 莱索托
 南非
 津巴布韦
管理机构泛南非语言委员会(Pan South African Language Board)
语言代码
ISO 639-1st
ISO 639-2sot
ISO 639-3sot
Glottologsout2807[3]
格思里代码S.33[4]
语言瞭望站99-AUT-ee incl. varieties 99-AUT-eea to 99-AUT-eee
Thumb
  0–20%
  20–40%
  40–60%
  60–80%
  80–100%
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参考文献

  • Batibo, H. M., Moilwa, J., and Mosaka N. 1997. The historical implications of the linguistic relationship between Makua and Sotho languages. In PULA Journal of African Studies, vol. 11, no. 1
  • Doke, C. M., and Mofokeng, S. M. 1974. Textbook of Southern Sotho Grammar. Cape Town: Longman Southern Africa, 3rd. impression. ISBN 0-582-61700-6.
  • Ntaoleng, B. S. 2004. Sociolinguistic variation in spoken and written Sesotho: A case study of speech varieties in Qwaqwa. M.A. thesis. University of South Africa.
  • Tšiu, W. M. 2001. Basotho family odes (Diboko) and oral tradition. M.A. thesis. University of South Africa

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