Introduction
The language Northern Sotho is mostly spoken Northern Province of South Africa. This language is often (as in the Constitution of South Africa) wrongly referred to as "Sepedi", while in actual fact the Sepedi is considered but a dialect of the the language "Northern Sotho". It is a member of the Sotho language group. Different dialect clusters are found in the Northern Sotho speaking area.

CLASSIFICATION:
Family: Bantu (or rather Ntu) Language Family
Group: South Eastern Bantu (or rather Ntu)
Subgroup: Sotho

VARIETIES: South Central (Kopa, Ndebele Sotho), Central (Pedi, Tau, Kone), North Western (Tlokwa, Hananwa, Matlala, Moletši, Mamabolo), North Eastern (Lobedu, Phalaborwa, Kgaga, Dzwabo) Eastern (Pai), and East Central (Pulana, Kutswe)

Speakers
Around  3 695 846 people in South Africa use it as their home language.

 Books

	Amazon.com
	Northern Sotho : Language/30
	Kalahari.net (South African bookshop)
	The concise trilingual pocket dictionary: English Northern Sotho Afrikaans
	New Sepedi dictionary: English - Sepedi (Northern Sotho) / Sepedi (Northern Sotho) - English
	Understanding everyday Northern Sotho
	Popular Northern Sotho dictionary
	Popular Northern Sotho Dictionary Sotho-English / English-Sotho

Internet Links
Africanlanguages.com: Sesotho sa Leboa - Introduction to language and includes online dictionary
Batho Portal: Sesotho sa Leboa - Introduction to the people and culture
Bosego bo Khutsitseng - Silent Night in Sepedi
Ethnologue.com: Northern Sotho - Short introduction
Sesotho sa Leboa (Northern Sotho) - English Dictionary

Thobela FM Northern Sotho Radio Station