Language: Sotho, Northern Find language
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Country | Population | Progress Scale |
Primary Religion | % Christian Adherent |
% Evangelical |
Est. Workers Needed * |
Indigenous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Pedi, North Sotho | Botswana | 14,000 | 4 ● | Christianity | 86.00 % | 9.00 % | -1 - | |
|
|
Pedi, North Sotho | South Africa | 5,148,000 | 5 ● | Christianity | 82.00 % | 11.00 % | -1 - | ● |
|
|
Pedi, North Sotho | Zimbabwe | 195,000 | 5 ● | Christianity | 90.00 % | 12.00 % | -1 - | |
|
Sotho, Khutswe | South Africa | 588,000 | 5 ● | Christianity | 80.00 % | 14.00 % | -1 - | ● |
| Totals: 4 | 0 ● | 0 |
* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker for every 50,000 individuals living in an unreached people group by country. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.
** Only people groups speaking Sotho, Northern as primary language are listed. Other groups may speak Sotho, Northern as a secondary language.
** Only people groups speaking Sotho, Northern as primary language are listed. Other groups may speak Sotho, Northern as a secondary language.
| Item | Code |
|---|---|
| Status | |
| Ethnologue Code | nso |
| Written | Yes |
| Linguist List | |
| Language Archives |
| Language Alternate Names |
|---|
| Dogwa |
| Dzwabo (Thabine-Roka-Nareng) |
| Gananwa (Hananwa) |
| Hananwa |
| Kgaga (Khaga) |
| Khaga |
| Khelobedu |
| Khutswe (Khutswi) |
| Khutswi |
| Kone |
| Koni (Kone) |
| Kutswe |
| Kxaxa |
| Lobedu (Khelobedu) |
| Lovedu |
| Lubedu |
| Masemola (Masemula) |
| Masemula |
| Ndebele-Sotho |
| Pedi |
| Phalaborwa (Phalaburwa) |
| Phalaburwa |
| Pula |
| Sepedi |
| Sesotho sa Leboa |
| Tau |
| Thabine-Roka-Nareng |
| Thephalaborwa |
| Tlokoa |
| Tokwa |
| Transvaal Sotho |
| Tsweni |
| Xananwa |
| Dialects |
|---|
| Dzwabo |
| Gananwa |
| Kgaga |
| Khutswe |
| Koni |
| Kopa |
| Lobedu |
| Masemola |
| Matlala-moletshi |
| Northern |
| Pai |
| Phalaborwa |
| Pulana |
| Tlokwa |
| Tswene |
| Dialect Alternate Names |
|---|
| Dogwa |
| Hananwa |
| Khaga |
| Khelobedu |
| Khutswi |
| Kone |
| Kutswe |
| Kxaxa |
| Lovedu |
| Lubedu |
| Masemula |
| Northern Sotho |
| Phalaburwa |
| sePedi |
| Sotho, Northern |
| Suto: Northern |
| Tau |
| Thabine-roka-nareng |
| Thephalaborwa |
| Tlokoa |
| Tokwa |
| Tsweni |
| Xananwa |
| Translation | Year / Status |
|---|---|
| Bible Portions | 1964 |
| New Testament | 2010 |
| Complete Bible | 1904-2000 |
| Online / Mobile App Bibles |
|---|
| Bible.com (YouVersion) |
| Possible Print Bibles | |
|---|---|
| Amazon | National Bible Societies |
| Forum Bible Agencies | World Bible Finder |
| Gospel Go | World Bibles |
| Resource ▲ | New | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching (GRN) | |
| Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Sotho, Northern | |
| Film / Video | Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project) | |
| General | Four Spiritual Laws | |
| General | God's Simple Plan | |
| General | Got Questions Ministry | |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible: Northern Sotho 1951/1986 | |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible: Northern Sotho 2000 | |
| Text / Printed Matter | World Missionary Press Booklets |