Editing Northern Sotho (section)

==Classification==
Northern Sotho is one of the [[Sotho languages]] of the [[Bantu languages|Bantu]] family. Although Northern Sotho shares the name ''Sotho'' with [[Southern Sotho]], the two groups also have a great deal in common with their sister language Setswana.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Sepedi First Language |url=https://careertimes.co.za/past-papers-and-memos/grade-12/sepedi-first-additional-language-grade-12-past-papers-and-memos/ |website=Career Times |access-date=21 February 2020}}</ref> Northern Sotho is also closely related to [[Tswana language|Setswana]], [[sheKgalagari]] and [[Lozi language|siLozi]]. It is a standardized variety, amalgamating several distinct varieties or dialects. Northern Sotho is also spoken by the Mohlala people.

Most Khelobedu speakers only learn to speak Sepedi at school, such that Sepedi is only their second or third language. Khelobedu is a written language. Lobedu is spoken by a majority of people in the Greater Tzaneen, Greater Letaba, and BaPhalaborwa municipalities, and a minority in Greater Giyani municipality, as well as in the [[Limpopo]] Province and [[Tembisa]] township in [[Gauteng]]. Its speakers are known as the [[Balobedu]].

Sepulana ({{Transliteration|nso|italic=no|also sePulane}}) exists in unwritten form and forms part of the standard Northern Sotho. Sepulana is spoken in [[Bushbuckridge]] area by the [[MaPulana]] people.