sotho

• 指与索托人、其语言或文化有关的；南部非洲的一个班图族群。

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

1. Relating to the Sotho languagesB2formal

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

   索托语的

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

• 名词，指居住在博茨瓦纳、莱索托和南非北部的班图人的一员，也指这些人所讲的任何一种互通互懂的南部班图语。

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.

专有名词

1. A member of a Bantu peopleB2formal

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

   索托人

   • 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.

   同义词basuto

2. A group of Bantu languagesB2formal

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

   索托语支

   • 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.