Languages
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- The official languages are Sesotho and English
- A minority of Basotho (less than 10%), speak
- Zulu, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa
- Phuthi, a Nguni language closely related to Swazi, an official language of South Africa and Swaziland, is spoken by approx 2% Basotho (in addition to Sesotho).
- Xhosa, another Nguni language and official language of South Africa, is spoken by less than 1% people in Lesotho (in addition to Sesotho)
- Afrikaans, spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia, is a legacy immigrant language in Lesotho
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