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Northern Sotho

Northern Sotho is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in South Africa and Botswana.

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Northern Sotho · 24.8°S 29.5°E

Written down

Batho ka moka ba belegwe ba lokologile le gona ba na le seriti sa go lekana le ditokelo. Ba filwe monagano le letswalo mme ba swanetše go swarana ka moya wa bana ba mpa.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).

Words in Northern Sotho

MeaningWordRomanization
mothermma
womanmosadi
liversebete
watermeetse
cowkgômogadi
onetee
coffeeditšhumamelômo

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Vocabulary

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