索托語(索托語:Sesotho),又譯「蘇陀語」,是南非11種官方語言之一,還是萊索托的國語,屬於班圖語支。它是一種黏着語,用許多的詞綴、派生詞以及屈折變化來構成句子。這種語言有39個輔音,9個元音。
索托語 | |
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Sesotho | |
發音 | sɪ̀sʊ́tʰʊ̀ |
母語國家和地區 | 萊索托 南非 |
族群 | 索托人 |
母語使用人數 | 560萬 (2001–2011)[1] 789萬人作為第二語言 (2002)[2] |
語系 | |
文字 | 拉丁字母(索托字母) |
索托盲文 | |
官方地位 | |
作為官方語言 | 萊索托 南非 津巴布韋 |
管理機構 | 泛南非語言委員會(Pan South African Language Board) |
語言代碼 | |
ISO 639-1 | st |
ISO 639-2 | sot |
ISO 639-3 | sot |
Glottolog | sout2807 [3] |
格思里代碼 | S.33 [4] |
語言瞭望站 | 99-AUT-ee incl. varieties 99-AUT-eea to 99-AUT-eee |
0–20%
20–40%
40–60%
60–80%
80–100% |
參考文獻
- 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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