Lumela!
say it: “doo-MEH-lah”
Sesotho
in its own words: Sesotho
- Speakers
- 8 million (estimate)
- Family
- Niger-Congo – Bantu
- Vitality
- Safe
- Where it is spoken
- Lesotho, South Africa
- Script
- Latin
- Official language
- Lesotho, South Africa (regional)
Fun fact
Sesotho is an official language of Lesotho and South Africa; missionaries first wrote it down in the 1830s. Lesotho is the only independent country lying entirely above 1,000 m.