Leboa,在其標準化方言中也稱Sepedi)屬於班圖語支,使用者主要在南非,也是南非的11種官方语言之一。根據2011年南非全國人口普查(英语:SouthAfrican National Census of 2011)的結果,全南非共有4,618,576人以北索托語為母語,主要分布在林波波省、豪登省和普馬蘭加省。
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