Southern Sotho
st · Sesotho
Southern Sotho (st) is written in the Latin script and has an estimated 7M speakers. It is an official language in Lesotho. CLDR has 3 locales for it.
Native nameSesotho
ScriptLatinLatn
Speakers7Mestimated
Countries2
Locales3
Plural forms2one, other
Overview
- Code
- st
- Native name
- Sesotho
- Script
- Latin Latn
- Likely region
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Direction
- Left to right
- Plural categories
- one
- other
Where it is spoken
| Country | Status | Share of population |
|---|---|---|
| 🇱🇸 Lesotho | Official | 98% |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | Official (regional) | 7.9% |
Plural categories
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| one | 1 |
| other | 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, … |