The Sotho-Tswana languages are a group of closely related Southern Bantu languages spoken in Southern Africa that include Tswana (Setswana), Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa), Sotho (Southern Sotho or Sesotho), and Lozi (Silozi or Rozi). The Sotho-Tswana group corresponds to the S.30 label in Guthrie's(1967-1971) classification of languages in the Bantu family.

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  • The Sotho-Tswana languages are a group of closely related Southern Bantu languages spoken in Southern Africa that include Tswana (Setswana), Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa), Sotho (Southern Sotho or Sesotho), and Lozi (Silozi or Rozi). The Sotho-Tswana group corresponds to the S.30 label in Guthrie's(1967-1971) classification of languages in the Bantu family. As such, Sotho-Tswana includes a number of other language varieties which fall inside this approximate genetic subgrouping of southeastern Bantu. These include Lozi and numerous varieties of Northern Sotho. Lozi, too, is a Sotho-Tswana language spoken in Zambia and northeastern Namibia. Lozi is much more distinct from the other Sotho-Tswana languages (than these others are internally from each other), due to heavy linguistic influences from Luyaana, and possibly other Zambian and Caprivi languages. In the Guthrie work—as is now widely acknowledged—Lozi was misclassified as K.21. Northern Sotho—which appears largely to be a taxonomic holding category for what is Sotho-Tswana but neither identifiably Southern Sotho nor Tswana—subsumes highly varied language varieties (or 'dialects', in the neutral linguistic sense), including Pedi (Sepedi), Tswapo (Setswapo), Lovedu (Khilobedu), Pai and Pulana.
  • [[Bild:South Africa municipalities by language 2001. png|thumb|right|Örtliche Mehrheitssprachenblasse Farben = weniger als 50%. Die Sotho-Tswana-Sprachen gehören zu Guthrie-Region S der Bantusprachen. Sie werden von über 14 Millionen Menschen im südlichen Afrika gesprochen: Setswana, etwa 4 Millionen Sprecher, vor allem in Botswana, wo es (neben Englisch) Amtssprache ist. Nord-Sotho, etwa 5 Millionen Sprecher in der Republik Südafrika nördlich von Pretoria Sesotho, auch Süd-Sotho genannt, etwa 4 Millionen Sprecher in Lesotho (Amtssprache neben Englisch, dort etwa 2 Millionen Sprecher) und der Republik Südafrika Süd-Ndebele, etwa 600.000 Sprecher in der Nähe von Pretoria in der Republik Südafrika. Manche betrachten es als stark von den Sotho-Tswana-Sprachen beeinflusste Nguni-Sprache. Lozi, auch Rotse genannt, etwa 600.000 Sprecher, vor allem in Sambia, daneben 70.000 in Zimbabwe und rund 15.000 in Botsuana und Namibia Nord- und Süd-Sotho sind sprachlich sehr eng miteinander verwandt, haben aber unterschiedliche Rechtschreibungen bekommen.
  • Le lingue sotho sono un gruppo di lingue parlate in Sudafrica, Botswana e Lesotho che costituiscono un sottogruppo delle lingue bantu. Fanno parte del gruppo sotho lo sesotho, lo sesotho del nord, e lo tswana. Tutto tre sono lingue ufficiali del Sudafrica, e lo sesotho è la lingua ufficiale del Lesotho e lo tswana è anche la lingua ufficiale del Botswana. Le lingue sotho sono reciprocamente comprensibili.
  • Języki sotho-tswana (języki sotho) - grupa języków z rodziny bantu, używanych RPA, Lesotho, Zimbabwe i Botswanie. Na grupę sotho-tswana składają się języki sotho (południowy sotho, sesotho), tswana (setswana), sesotho sa leboa (północny sotho) oraz lozi.
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  • The Sotho-Tswana languages are a group of closely related Southern Bantu languages spoken in Southern Africa that include Tswana (Setswana), Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa), Sotho (Southern Sotho or Sesotho), and Lozi (Silozi or Rozi). The Sotho-Tswana group corresponds to the S.30 label in Guthrie's(1967-1971) classification of languages in the Bantu family.
  • [[Bild:South Africa municipalities by language 2001. png|thumb|right|Örtliche Mehrheitssprachenblasse Farben = weniger als 50%. Die Sotho-Tswana-Sprachen gehören zu Guthrie-Region S der Bantusprachen. Sie werden von über 14 Millionen Menschen im südlichen Afrika gesprochen: Setswana, etwa 4 Millionen Sprecher, vor allem in Botswana, wo es (neben Englisch) Amtssprache ist.
  • Le lingue sotho sono un gruppo di lingue parlate in Sudafrica, Botswana e Lesotho che costituiscono un sottogruppo delle lingue bantu. Fanno parte del gruppo sotho lo sesotho, lo sesotho del nord, e lo tswana. Tutto tre sono lingue ufficiali del Sudafrica, e lo sesotho è la lingua ufficiale del Lesotho e lo tswana è anche la lingua ufficiale del Botswana. Le lingue sotho sono reciprocamente comprensibili.
  • Języki sotho-tswana (języki sotho) - grupa języków z rodziny bantu, używanych RPA, Lesotho, Zimbabwe i Botswanie. Na grupę sotho-tswana składają się języki sotho (południowy sotho, sesotho), tswana (setswana), sesotho sa leboa (północny sotho) oraz lozi.
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  • Sotho-Tswana languages
  • Sotho-Tswana-Sprachen
  • Lingue sotho
  • Języki sotho-tswana
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