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	Sotho language group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Sotho language group is a group of three closely related languages spoken in Southern Africa including Setswana, Sesotho, and Sesotho sa Leboa.
		These languages may be related to Lozi (or Serotse, as Basotho call it) spoken in Zambia.
		This Niger-Congo languages -related article is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sotho_language_group (81 words)

	Sesotho language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sesotho is a tonal language and, like all other Bantu Languages is distinguished by its prefix concordial system and the fact that all words either end in a vowel or in a nasal consonant (n, ng, ny, or m).
		In all Bantu languages 1 to 5 are adjectives, and 10 is a noun.
		Like for all other Bantu languages, linguists may say that the language is "centered around the noun", this is due to the fact that a large number of the words in a Sesotho sentence may change as soon as one of the nouns changes.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/sesotho_language (2703 words)

	Go24.co.za - Travel Info - Languages
		It is important to note that Afrikaans is spoken by all races and ethnic groups in South Africa and much has been done in recent years to promote varieties of this language that were suppressed during the years of Apartheid.
		The language Northern Sotho is mostly spoken Northern Province of South Africa.
		This language is often (as in the Constitution of South Africa) wrongly referred to as "Sepedi", while in actual fact the Sepedi is considered but a dialect of the the language "Northern Sotho".
	www.go24.co.za /info/languages (1512 words)

	Sotho -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The Sotho speak Sotho, a Bantu language of the Niger-Congo language family; they were originally united by a common loyalty to the royal house of Mshweshwe (Moshoeshoe), of the Moketeli branch of the Kwena lineage.
		Sotho, a Bantu language, and English are the official languages.
		The Kordofanian languages are spoken in the Sudan.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9068777 (694 words)

	AllRefer.com - Bantu languages (Language And Linguistics) - Encyclopedia
		Bantu languages, group of African languages forming a subdivision of the Benue-Niger division of the Niger-Congo branch of the Niger-Kordofanian language family (see African languages).
		As the chief trade language of E Africa, it is understood by perhaps an additional 20 million.
		All of the Bantu languages are tonal, except perhaps Swahili.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Bantulan.html (439 words)

	Northern Sotho language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Northern Sotho, or " Sesotho sa Leboa ", is one of the official languages of South Africa, and is spoken by 4,208,980 people (2001 Census Data), mostly in the provinces of Gauteng, Limpopo Province and Mpumalanga.
		Northern Sotho is one of the so-called Bantu languages, belonging to the Niger-Congo language family.
		It is most closely related to Setswana and Sesotho (Southern Sotho).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pedi (155 words)

	LitNet: Taaldebat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This language policy, however, is making its appearance at a decisive point in the history, when public and private institutions are taking ad hoc language decisions that tend to negate the constitutional provisions and requirements relating to language.
		The principle of using six languages, except in instances where all eleven languages have to be used, ensures “parity of esteem and the equitable use of the official languages”.
		Since language, as a fundamental instrument of learning and teaching, is at the heart of all education, the Department of Education shall finalise and implement an appropriate and generally accepted policy on language/s of learning and teaching by the year 2005.
	www.litnet.co.za /taaldebat/pers4.asp (2827 words)

	English language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Frisian is a language spoken by approximately half a million people in the NetherlandsDutch province of Friesland (Fryslân), in nearby areas of Germany/, and on a few islands in the North Sea.
		English is the most widely used "second" and "learning" language in the world, and as such, many linguists believe, it is no longer the exclusive cultural emblem of "native English speakers," but rather a language that is absorbing aspects of cultures worldwide as it grows in use.
		The richness of the language is that such synonyms have slightly different meanings, enabling the language to be used in a very flexible way to express fine variations or shades of thought.
	www.infothis.com /find/English_language (3286 words)

	Tswana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The modern republic of Botswana, formerly known as the colony of (British) Bechuanaland, is named after this people (Bantu languages often use prefixes, in this case bo-, for grammatical flexions and for word derivations, rather then endings and suffixes as is more usual in Indo-European languages).
		As the Batswana constitute the majority population of Botswana, the word is also sometimes used to cover all citizens of Botswana, i.e.
		The largest number of baTswana live in South Africa, were they are one of the larger fl minorities whose language is official status.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tswana (295 words)

	Tswana language - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tswana is the national and majority language of Botswana, whose people are the Batswana (singular Motswana).
		Before South Africa became a democratic country, the bantustan of Bophuthatswana was set up to cover the Tswana speakers of South Africa.
		Setswana is one of the so-called Bantu languages, belonging to the Niger-Congo language family.
	www.free-definition.com /Tswana-language.html (162 words)

	Tswana language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The majority of Tswana are in South Africa (where it is an official language) there are also speakers in Zimbabwe and Namibia.
		It is most closely related to other languages in the Sotho language group Sesotho (Southern Sotho) and Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa).
		Admittedly, learning the Tswana language is a little "fringe" for people who will not be traveling to or spending a good length of time in southern Africa.
	www.freeglossary.com /Tswana_language (259 words)

	Sotho » What’s language?
		South-African miners are said to have developed a language by slapping their gumboots with their palms and stomping their feet.
		People who use the whistling language are called “silbadors,” and their whistling language is know as “Silbo Gomero.” It can be heard more than two miles away.
		Both groups were first asked to listen to recorded Spanish and Silbo, and were to keep track of what had been said.
	www.premiumwanadoo.com /sotho/index.php?p=69 (844 words)

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		Pastoral groups in the south, such as the nomadic Tuareg, use dialects of the Berber language.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9008157 (810 words)

	Tswana language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tswana is the national language of Bo tswana, whose people are the Ba tswana (singular Mo tswana).
		Se tswana is one of the so-called Bantu language s, belonging to the Niger-Congo language family.
		It is most closely related to two other language s in the Sotho language group, Sesotho (Southern Sotho) and Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa).
	www.portaljuice.com /tswana_language.html (139 words)

	Sesotho language - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Sesotho is also the main language spoken by the people of Lesotho, where it is spoken by about 1,493,000 people, or 85 % of the population (1993).
		Sesotho (Southern Sotho) is the one of the eleven official languages of South Africa, and one of the two official languages of Lesotho.
		The use of the number 1 in Sesotho is different than in the other SLG languages, because the Sesotho "-ng" is an enumerative which behaves sometimes like an adjective and can therefore become a noun.
	www.free-definition.com /Sesotho-language.html (2683 words)

	African Languages - Sesotho sa Leboa (Northern Sotho)
		Sesotho sa Leboa (Northern Sotho, or literally, "Sotho of the North") is mostly spoken in the North-Eastern parts of South Africa, generally North-East of Tshwane (Pretoria), in parts of Gauteng, Northern Province and Mpumalanga (see map).
		Sesotho sa Leboa is one of the 11 official languages of South Africa.
		Sesotho sa Leboa is most closely related to two other languages in the Sotho language group, Southern Sotho and Setswana.
	africanlanguages.com /northern_sotho (1784 words)

	Language Log
		It turns out that there is an important distinction here, between (to use technical language) technical language and ordinary language, which in ordinary language is sometimes referred to as a distinction between science and semantics.
		It discusses the difficulties of doing a census of languages, the reasons for the slow increase in the number of languages listed in the book over the years, and the political issue of whether the missionary work and bible translation projects of the Summer Institute of Linguistics contribute to language death rather than language preservation.
		Language is just funny sounds and signs and words for naming things and it's all about making yourself understood and we can write the subheads without even looking at the article.
	itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog (4516 words)

	Sotho/ Tswana Language Page - Handbook of African Language Resources (ASC)(MSU)
		For the purpose of this discussion, this language group encompasses three separate languages.
		Southern Sotho (also known as Sotho proper), spoken farther to the south, is the predominant language of Lesotho.
		Tswana is, according to Heine (1970), "next to English the official language of Botswana." In 1985, these languages became mandatory subjects in South African junior and secondary schools.
	www.isp.msu.edu /AfrLang/Sotho_root.html (183 words)

	African Voices - Tswana Language Teaching Products (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tswana is one of the official languages of South Africa, and is a national language in Botswana.
		Tswana is most closely related to two other languages in the Sotho language group, Southern Sotho (SeSotho) and Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa).
		Historically Tswana is the Sotho dialect of the people settled in the upper valley of the Limpopo.
	isixhosa.co.za /tswana/tswanatop.htm (208 words)

	Ndebele language resources
		In urban areas the medium of instruction is purely English, with Shona or Ndebele taught as a subject; in rural schools students begin learning in their mother...
		Languages: English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects.
		The Ndebele language, isiNdebele, is classif ied among the Nguni languages, although
	www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Ndebele.html (835 words)

	Tswana language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Tswana, also known as Setswana, is a Bantu language.Tswana is the national and majority language of Botswana, whose people are the Batswana (singular Motswana).
		Before South Africa became a democratic country, the bantustan of Bophuthatswana was set up to cover theTswana speakers of South Africa.
		It is most closely relatedto two other languages in the Sotho language group, Sesotho (Southern Sotho) and Northern Sotho (Sesotho saLeboa).
	www.therfcc.org /tswana-language-45173.html (151 words)

	IATUL Conference 1998: Welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa, a cultural hub and a centre of research and learning it still retains a townlike atmosphere: this is a friendly city with open streets, open spaces and openhearted people.
		Pretoria has a vibrant, multi cultural buzz which comes from a harmonious blend of traditions, cultures, languages and architecture.
		The Greater Pretoria is also known as Tswane by the Sotho language group.
	www.up.ac.za /asservices/ais/iatul98/welcome.htm (1412 words)

	African Languages - Setswana (Tswana)
		Setswana is one of the official languages of South Africa, and is a national language in Botswana.
		There are 3,677,016 (8.2 %) first language speakers [2001 census data] in South Africa, an estimated 1,070,000 speakers in Botswana, and an estimated 30,000 speakers in Namibia.
		Setswana is most closely related to two other languages in the Sotho language group, Sesotho (Southern Sotho) and Sesotho sa Leboa (Northern Sotho)
	www.africanlanguages.com /setswana (232 words)

	Africana Librarians Council
		Instead of establishing a number for Ndebele as a Sotho language in accordance with the usual standard sources, such as Ethnologue and the International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, the Decimal Classification Editorial Policy Committee is now proposing to place Ndebele within the Nguni group, following the advice of several correspondents in South Africa.
		It dealt only with language and literary headings, whereas Plantz had expected a wider variety of headings such as politically oriented headings, e.g., battles and events.
		Caruso raised the question what could be done about the lack of African language skills among Africana catalogers and was wondering if African language training for catalogers could be part of a Title VI proposal.
	www.lcweb.loc.gov /rr/amed/afs/alc/catm199.html (1495 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sotho language group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sotho-language-group (101 words)

	MavicaNET - Northern Sotho (Pedi) Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Northern Sotho -- Louis J. Louwrens et al.
		Tone plays an important role in distinguishing the lexical meaning of words, but is also used to determine the grammatical character of words.
		Originally compiled by the late Dr T. Kriel, a highly respected educationist and authority on the Northern Sotho (Sepedi) language, this book has been a steady seller since first published in 1971.
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/hun/1997.html (160 words)

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