According to 1995 estimates, there were about 5.6 million people who identified themselves as southern or northern Sotho in South Africa. |
The result was the emergence of the Zulu, Xhosa, Pedi, Venda, Swazi, Sotho, Tswana, and Tsonga nations, along with the white Afrikaners. |
By the time of Moshoeshoe's death in 1870, ponies were widespread throughout the kingdom and the Sotho had become expert riders. |
A feature of Sotho kinship was that a person was allowed to marry a cousin who was a member of the same clan. |
The ancestors of the Sotho people entered the area south of the Limpopo River in several migrations. |
Southern Sotho utilizes click consonants in some words, while Sepedi does not have clicks. |