A Bantu language · Guthrie S32 · ISO 639-3 nso

Northern Sotho

Name: Northern Sotho Full Syllable Inventory (FSI)
Creator: BantuNomics
License: https://bantunomics.com/plans

In its own words: Sesotho sa Leboa

Syllable inventory (FSI) released South Africa

Sesotho sa Leboa

the language

class 7

sounds merge in the spoken form

/sɛsɔtʰɔ sa lɛβɔa/

Mo·sotho

a person

class 1

/mɔsɔtʰɔ/

Ba·sotho

the people

class 2

/βasɔtʰɔ/

Leboa

the land

place name

/lɛβɔa/

These names are still under review. Speak Northern Sotho? Suggest a correction →

Northern Sotho on BantuNomics

From local knowledge to generative infrastructure

01 · Local knowledge

Native speakers

Everything here is built with people who speak the language, with consent. Speak Northern Sotho? Contribute at amina.ai.

02 · Primitives

Syllable inventory (FSI)

Northern Sotho's complete operating alphabet is released and licensed from the Validation Pilot.

Released

03 · Composition rules

Nouns, verbs, concord

The class system above, the verb and the agreement it drives — licensed per language.

See plans

04 · Generative infrastructure

Engines

Count in Northern Sotho to a trillion with the free Bantu Calculator.

Public

Where it is spoken

South Africa

Classification

Bantu · Guthrie zone S · S32 · Glottolog

Access

Evaluate free · Scope a pilot · Plans

Dialects listed separately

Pedi

Sepedi

Ask for Northern Sotho

Suggest a correction for Northern Sotho

Agents can ask too — no key needed.

POST https://bantunomics.com/api/v1/language-requests
{"iso": "nso", "domains": ["nouns","audio"],
 "agent_name": "…", "contact_email": "…", "use_case": "…"}

Or connect the MCP server https://bantunomics.com/languages/mcp and call request_language. Machine-readable page: /languages/northern-sotho.json