Sotho–Tswana languages
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| Sotho–Tswana | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Southern Africa, mainly in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and south-western Zambia, |
| Ethnicity | Sotho-Tswana peoples |
| Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo? |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | soth1248 |
| ELP | Template:Endangered Languages Project |
The Sotho-Tswana languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in Southern Africa. The Sotho-Tswana group corresponds to the S.30 label in Guthrie's 1967–71 classification[1] of languages in the Bantu family.
The various dialects of Tswana, Southern Sotho and Northern Sotho are highly mutually intelligible. On more than one occasion, proposals have been put forward to create a unified standardisation and declare a Sotho-Tswana language.
Languages
The group is divided into four main branches:[2]
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- Sotho-Tswana
- S.31
- S.311
- Kgalagadi, with dialects: Nuclear Kgalagadi (Kgalagadi proper), Balaongwe, Kenyi, Khakhae, Koma, Ngologa, Pedi, Phaleng, Rhiti, Shaga, and Siwane
- S.32
- Birwa
- Tswapong
- Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa), with dialects including Masemola (Masemula, Tau), Kgaga (Khaga, Kxaxa), Koni (Kone), Tswene (Tsweni), Gananwa (Hananwa, Xananwa), Pulana, Phalaborwa (Phalaburwa, Thephalaborwa), Khutswe (Khutswi, Kutswe), Lobedu (Khelobedu, Lovedu, Lubedu), Tlokwa (Dogwa, Tlokoa, Tokwa), Pai, Dzwabo (Thabine-Roka-Nareng), Kopa (Ndebele-Sotho), Matlala-Moletshi.
- S.33
- Southern Sotho or Sotho (SeSotho): Phuthi, Taung
Northern Sotho, which appears largely to be a taxonomic holding category for what is Sotho-Tswana but neither identifiably Southern Sotho nor Tswana,[3] subsumes highly varied dialects including Pedi (Sepedi), Tswapo (Setswapo), Lovedu (Khilobedu), Pai and Pulana. Maho (2002) leaves the "East Sotho" varieties of Kutswe, Pai, and Pulana unclassified within Sotho-Tswana.
Sample
The Lord's Prayer in the various Sotho-Tswana languages.
English: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
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References
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- ^ Guthrie, Malcolm (1967-1971). Comparative Bantu: An Introduction to the Comparative Linguistics and Prehistory of the Bantu Languages. (Volumes 1-4). Farnborough: Gregg International, cf. the CBOLD Guthrie name list Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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- ^ See Doke, Clement M. (1954). The Southern Bantu Languages. Handbook of African Languages. Oxford: Oxford University Press
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