Northern Sotho, or Sesotho sa Leboa as an endonym, is a Sotho-Tswana language spoken in the northeastern provinces of South Africa.It is sometimes referred to as Sepedi, its main dialect, through synecdoche.
Malcolm Guthrie has pointed out that there are indications that such languages as Sotho, Venda and
origin of these groups in either Egypt or Ethiopia.12 Other indications favouring the theory of northward origins of the ancestors of the Sotho-Tswana peoples are linguistic features, pottery styles and their architecture.
Used as a courtesy title for such a leader or scholar. A Muslim man respected for his religious knowledge or scholarship.