Sepedi


Sepedi is also known as Northern Sotho or Sesotho sa Leboa

Introduction
The language Northern Sotho is mostly spoken Northern Province of South Africa. This language is often (as in the Constitution of South Africa) wrongly referred to as "Sepedi", while in actual fact the Sepedi is considered but a dialect of the the language "Northern Sotho". It is a member of the Sotho language group. Different dialect clusters are found in the Northern Sotho speaking area.

CLASSIFICATION:
Family: Bantu (or rather Ntu) Language Family
Group: South Eastern Bantu (or rather Ntu)
Subgroup: Sotho

VARIETIES: South Central (Kopa, Ndebele Sotho), Central (Pedi, Tau, Kone), North Western (Tlokwa, Hananwa, Matlala, Moletši, Mamabolo), North Eastern (Lobedu, Phalaborwa, Kgaga, Dzwabo) Eastern (Pai), and East Central (Pulana, Kutswe)

Speakers
Around  3 695 846 people in South Africa use it as their home language.

 

MORE INFORMATION

Pronunciation
General words & phrases
Example of texts
Academic research
Unesco Language Survey

 Books

Amazon.com
Northern Sotho : Language/30


Kalahari.net (South African bookshop)
The concise trilingual pocket dictionary: English Northern Sotho Afrikaans The concise trilingual pocket dictionary: English Northern Sotho Afrikaans
New Sepedi dictionary: English - Sepedi (Northern Sotho) / Sepedi (Northern Sotho) - English New Sepedi dictionary: English - Sepedi (Northern Sotho) / Sepedi (Northern Sotho) - English 
Understanding everyday Northern Sotho Understanding everyday Northern Sotho 
Popular Northern Sotho dictionary Popular Northern Sotho dictionary 
Popular Northern Sotho Dictionary Sotho-English / English-Sotho


Internet Links

Africanlanguages.com: Sesotho sa Leboa - Introduction to language and includes online dictionary
Batho Portal: Sesotho sa Leboa - Introduction to the people and culture
Bosego bo Khutsitseng - Silent Night in Sepedi
Ethnologue.com: Northern Sotho - Short introduction
Sesotho sa Leboa (Northern Sotho) - English Dictionary

Thobela FM
Northern Sotho Radio Station

 


SAlanguages.com



© J. Olivier (2009)
SAlanguages.com