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。
| 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 | |
| 文字 | 拉丁字母（索托字母） |
| 索托盲文 | |
| 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 639-1 | st |
| ISO 639-2 | sot |
| ISO 639-3 | sot |
| Glottolog | sout2807[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 |
 0–20%
20–40%
40–60%
60–80%
80–100% | |
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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