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1 (National)
English
[eng]
1 (National). Statutory national language (1993, Constitution, Article 7(2)). 503,700 in Lesotho, all users. L1 users: 3,700 in Lesotho (2017 J. Leclerc). L2 users: 500,000 (Crystal 2003a).
Sotho, Southern
[sot]
1 (National). Statutory national language (1993, Constitution, Article 3(1)). 1,760,000 in Lesotho (Leclerc 2017f). Total users in all countries: 13,524,700 (as L1: 5,624,700; as L2: 7,900,000).
5 (Dispersed)
Phuthi
[ssw]
5* (Dispersed). 52,000 in Lesotho (Leclerc 2017f).
Xhosa
[xho]
5* (Dispersed). 24,000 in Lesotho (Leclerc 2017f).
Zulu
[zul]
5* (Dispersed). 328,000 in Lesotho (Leclerc 2017f).
Unestablished
Hindi
[hin]
Unestablished. 2,200 in Lesotho (Leclerc 2017f).
