Language: Sotho, Southern Find language
| Photo | People Group ▲ | Country | Population | Progress Scale |
Language Rank |
Primary Religion | % Professing Christian |
% Evangelical |
Indigenous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sotho | Botswana | 12,000 | 4 ● | Primary | Christianity | 85.00 % | 10.00 % | |
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Sotho | Swaziland | 6,200 | 4 ● | Primary | Christianity | 90.00 % | 7.00 % | |
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Sotho, Khutswe | South Africa | 568,000 | 5 ● | Secondary | Christianity | 80.00 % | 14.00 % | ● |
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Sotho, Southern | Lesotho | 1,730,000 | 5 ● | Primary | Christianity | 94.00 % | 12.00 % | ● |
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Sotho, Southern | South Africa | 4,143,000 | 5 ● | Primary | Christianity | 82.00 % | 19.00 % | ● |
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Sotho-Taung | Lesotho | 33,000 | 4 ● | Primary | Christianity | 95.00 % | 6.00 % | ● |
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Xhosa | Lesotho | 24,000 | 4 ● | Secondary | Christianity | 75.00 % | 10.00 % | ● |
|
Zulu | Lesotho | 328,000 | 5 ● | Secondary | Christianity | 70.00 % | 11.00 % | ● |
| Totals: 8 | 0 ● | 5 (P) : 3 (S) |
| Item | Code |
|---|---|
| Status | |
| Ethnologue Code | sot |
| Written | Yes |
| Linguist List | |
| Language Archives |
| Language Alternate Names |
|---|
| Sesotho |
| Sisutho |
| Souto |
| Suthu |
| Suto |
| Dialects |
|---|
| Phuthi |
| Sesotho |
| Taung |
| Dialect Alternate Names |
|---|
| Sutho |
| Translation | Year / Status |
|---|---|
| Bible Portions | Questionable translation need |
| New Testament | 1855-1982 |
| Complete Bible | 1878-1989 |
| Online / Mobile App Bibles |
|---|
| Bible.com (YouVersion) |
| Possible Print Bibles |
|---|
| Amazon |
| Forum of Bible Agencies |
| Gospel Go |
| World Bible Finder |
| World Bibles |
| Resource ▲ | Link |
|---|---|
| Audio Recordings | Audio Bible teaching (GRN) |
| Film / Video | Jesus Film: view in Sotho, Southern |
| Film / Video | Story of Jesus for Children (JF Project) |
| General | Four Spiritual Laws |
| General | Gods Simple Plan |
| General | Got Questions Ministry |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible: Sesotho 1989 Translation (Standard Orth) |
| Text / Printed Matter | Bible: Southern Sotho 1909/61 Translation (Standard Orth) |
| Text / Printed Matter | EasyBibles |
| Text / Printed Matter | OneHope resources for children and youth |
| Text / Printed Matter | World Missionary Press Booklets |