The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: SRT
ISO 639-2: nso
| Population | 3,840,000 in South Africa (1995 The Economist). Population total both countries 3,851,000. |
| Region | Transvaal, south and central. Also spoken in Botswana. |
| Alternate names | PEDI, SEPEDI, TRANSVAAL SOTHO |
| Dialects | MASEMOLA (MASEMULA, TAU), KGAGA (KXAXA, KHAGA), KONI (KONE), TSWENE (TSWENI), GANANWA (XANANWA, HANANWA), PULANA, PHALABORWA (PHALABURWA, THEPHALABORWA), KHUTSWE (KHUTSWI, KUTSWE), LOBEDU (LUBEDU, LOVEDU, KHELOBEDU), TLOKWA (TLOKOA, TOKWA, DOGWA), PAI, DZWABO (THABINE-ROKA-NARENG), KOPA, MATLALA-MOLETSHI. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, S, Sotho-Tswana (S.30), Sotho, Northern. |
| Comments | Dialects Pai, Kutswe, and Pulana are more divergent and sometimes called 'Eastern Sotho.' National language. Newspapers, radio programs. Bible 1904-1951. |
