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So⋅tho

[soo-too, soh-toh]
–noun, plural -thos, (especially collectively) -tho for 3.
1. a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken in Lesotho and South Africa.
2. any of the Sotho languages, esp. Sesotho.
3. Also called Basuto. a member of any of a cluster of linguistically and culturally related Bantu-speaking peoples of southern Africa, including the Tswana.
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So·tho   (sō'tō, sōō'tōō)   
n.   pl. Sotho or So·thos
    1. A group of closely related Bantu languages, including Tswana, spoken in southern Africa.

    2. Any of these languages.

  1. A member of a Sotho-speaking people.

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