sotho

Relating to the Sotho people, their language, or culture; a group of Bantu peoples of southern Africa.

• 🇷🇺Относящийся к народу сото, их языку или культуре; группа народов банту в южной Африке.

1. Relating to the Sotho languages B2 formal

   Of or pertaining to any of the group of Sotho languages, which are Bantu languages spoken in southern Africa.

   • The Sotho language group includes Sesotho and Setswana.
   • She is studying Sotho linguistics at the university.
   • The Sotho dialects share many grammatical features.

   🇷🇺Относящийся к языкам сото

• more sotho comparative form
• most sotho superlative form

имя собственное

A noun referring to a member of a Bantu people inhabiting Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa, or to any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages spoken by these people.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее представителя народа банту, населяющего Ботсвану, Лесото и северную часть ЮАР, или любой из взаимопонятных южных языков банту, на которых говорят эти люди.

1. A member of a Bantu people B2 formal

   A person belonging to the Bantu ethnic group primarily found in Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa, who speak the Sotho languages.

   • The Sotho have a rich cultural heritage that includes traditional music and dance.
   • Many Sotho live in the mountainous regions of Lesotho.
   • He is a Sotho from the Free State province in South Africa.

   🇷🇺Представитель народа сото

   Синонимы: basuto

2. A group of Bantu languages B2 formal

   Any of the closely related southern Bantu languages spoken by the Sotho people in Botswana, South Africa, and Lesotho.

   • Sesotho is one of the official languages of Lesotho.
   • She is learning to speak Sotho to communicate with her relatives.
   • The Sotho languages are mutually intelligible to a large extent.

   🇷🇺Группа языков банту

• sotho plural form
• sothos' possessive plural form
• sotho's possessive singular form