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What does Sotho mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A group of closely related Bantu lects spoken in South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, and Zambia.
  2. (specifically) Sesotho. (language)
  3. A Mosotho. (person)
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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.

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