Sesotho

Sesotho, also known as Southern Sotho, is spoken by about 6 million people, primarily in Lesotho where it is the national and majority language and in South Africa and Zimbabwe, where it also holds official status. A member of the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo family, Sesotho is tonal and agglutinative, with an extensive system of noun classes. Written in the Latin alphabet, it has a subject-verb-object word order. Sesotho is central to Basotho cultural heritage, reflected in oral poetry, proverbs, music, and the iconic Basotho blanket tradition.