Sesotho

American

[suh-soo-too, -soh-toh] / səˈsu tu, -ˈsoʊ toʊ /

noun

the Bantu language of Lesotho; Sotho.

Sesotho British

/ sɪˈsuːtuː /

noun

Former name: Basuto. Also called: Southern Sotho. the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho: an official language of Lesotho

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She only began three years ago, with a cabbage crop, and to help she uses an app called AI-Farmer, which recognises several South African languages, including Sesotho, isiZulu and Afrikaans, to help solve various problems.

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Their language, Sesotho, is also one of South Africa's 11 official languages.

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Haufi nyana? meaning "too close?" in Sesotho, one of South Africa's official languages, explores and reimagines notions of home, belonging, heritage and identity.

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"It's time for what is ours to be returned to us," Tshepo Lipholo, the MP behind the motion, told Lesotho's parliament, speaking in Sesotho.

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The name is thought to come from "wafamola", a word in Lesotho's language, Sesotho, meaning "flaring" or "flicking up" of a skirt, a reference to the exuberant way women danced to the music.

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