Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa is the autoglottonym or name of the language used by its native speakers as defined by the United Nations, Northern Sotho is the heteroglottonym) is one of the official languages of South Africa, and is spoken by 4,208,980 people (2001 Census Data)—in the South African provinces of Gauteng, Limpopo Province and Mpumalanga. Classification Northern Sotho is a language of the Bantu family within the Niger-Congo language phylum. Northern Sotho is specifically… (More on Pedi)