Classification
- WALS
- NC > Bantu
- Glottolog
- Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Eastbantu > Southernbantu Makua > Sotho Makua Venda > Sotho Makua > Sotho Tswana(s.30) > Sotho > Northernsotho > Sepedic
- Ethnologue
- Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Central > S > Sotho Tswana(s.32)
Sources
- Ziervogel 1969
- A handbook of the Northern Sotho language. Pretoria: J. L. van Schaik.