Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Xhosa (secondary) · Zulu (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Lesotho

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Sotho, Southern	1823000	Sotho, Southern	Christianity
Zulu	374000	Zulu	Christianity
Phuthi	58000	Swati	Christianity
Sotho-Taung	35000	Sotho, Southern	Christianity
Xhosa	27000	Xhosa	Christianity
Deaf	13000	Language unknown	Unknown
Chinese, general	5600	Chinese, Mandarin	Ethnic Religions
Anglo-South African	4100	English	Christianity

Languages

7 languages recorded here.

Chinese, Mandarin

English

Language unknown

Sotho, Southern

Swati

Xhosa

Zulu

All catalogue fields

152 fields recorded

rog3: LT
iso3: LSO
iso2: LS
ctry: Lesotho
poplpeoples: 2341000
cntpeoples: 8
cntpeopleslr: 1
poplpeopleslr: 13000
jpscalectry: 5
rol3officiallanguage: eng
officiallang: English
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 89.25185422197
percentevangelical: 13.010710494497
c_10_40window: N
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 7
regionname: Africa, East and Southern
workersneeded: 1
harvest_rog3: LT
harvest_iso3: LSO
harvest_iso2: LS
harvest_owcountrycode: LESO
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: LS
harvest_countrynumber: 119
harvest_ctry: Lesotho
harvest_ctryshort: Lesotho
harvest_countrynamechinese: 莱索托
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 莱索托
harvest_countrynamedutch: Lesotho
harvest_countrynamefrench: Lesotho
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Lesotho
harvest_countrynamegerman: Lesotho
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Lesotho
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Lesotho
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Lesotho
harvest_countrynameitalian: Lesotho
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Lesotho
harvest_countrynamekorean: 레소토
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 레소토
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Lesotho
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Lesotho
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Lesoto
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Lesoto
harvest_countrynamerussian: Лесото
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Лесото
harvest_countrynamespanish: Lesoto
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Lesoto
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Lesotho
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Lesotho
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: du
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: em
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 6
harvest_regioncode: 7
harvest_unsr: 018
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_maniregioncode: AI
harvest_capital: Maseru
harvest_population: 2363000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/lesotho.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 43976244
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-sf+lt+wz.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/lesotho
harvest_jpscale: 5
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_owpctevang: 12.1
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 16.888952
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 2.7
harvest_owcountrypage: lesotho
harvest_literacyrate: 79
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 28
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: eng
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: sot
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 9.5
harvest_pctbahai: 0.8
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0.1
harvest_pctislam: 0.04
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0.25
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 89.31
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 18.27
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 13.4
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 5.37
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 47.64
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.41
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 4.22
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A013
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.497
harvest_hdirank: 160
harvest_internetusers: 27.4
harvest_flashmapzoom: 425
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -179
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -264
harvest_googlemapzoom: 7
harvest_googlemaplat: -29.5
harvest_googlemaplng: 28.5
harvest_ctrylatitude: -29.609988
harvest_ctrylongitude: 28.233608
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/lesotho/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 104
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.157407407407407
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=ls&joshua=lt
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-lesotho
harvest_internetusage: 29
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_biblesocietyurl: http://biblesociety-lesotho.org/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 11718
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 30355
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 189
harvest_countryphonecode: 266
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 93
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 2.7
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 77.09999999999999
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 3.9
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 71.84999999999999
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 8.199999999999999
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .ls
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/lesotho
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00