sotho

English Thesaurus

1. any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	bantoid language, bantu,
definition	:	a family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	basuto, sesotho,
definition	:	the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho; an official language of Lesotho (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	sechuana, setswana, tswana,
definition	:	the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Tswana in Botswana (noun.communication)

2. a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages (noun.person)

hypernym	:	bantu,
definition	:	a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa (noun.person)

member meronym	:	botswana, republic of botswana,
definition	:	a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s (noun.location)

member meronym	:	basutoland, kingdom of lesotho, lesotho,
definition	:	a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 (noun.location)

member meronym	:	republic of south africa, south africa,
definition	:	a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) (noun.location)

3. any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho (noun.communication)

derivation	:	sotho, sotho,
definition	:	of or relating to any of the group of Sotho languages (adj.pert)

4. of or relating to any of the group of Sotho languages (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	sotho,
definition	:	any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho (noun.communication)

derivation	:	sotho,
definition	:	any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho (noun.communication)

derivation	:	sotho,
definition	:	a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages (noun.person)

5. any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho (noun.communication)

derivation	:	sotho, sotho,
definition	:	of or relating to any of the group of Sotho languages (adj.pert)

6. of or relating to any of the group of Sotho languages (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	sotho,
definition	:	any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho (noun.communication)

derivation	:	sotho,
definition	:	any of the mutually intelligible southern Bantu languages of the Sotho in Botswana and South Africa and Lesotho (noun.communication)

derivation	:	sotho,
definition	:	a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages (noun.person)