Northern Sotho language

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Northern Sotho language

Quality:

Northern Sotho - Bantu language. Article “Northern Sotho language” in Simple English Wikipedia has 26.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 5 references and 1 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Northern Sotho language”, its content was written by 6 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 659 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 24 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3110 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1902 in April 2015
  • Global: #3466 in October 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #6627 in November 2023
  • Global: #112404 in November 2023

There are 35 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Northern Sotho
38.7524
2Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Nordsotho
36.4979
3Chinese (zh)
北索托語
30.3755
4Finnish (fi)
Pohjoissothon kieli
30.2008
5Italian (it)
Lingua sotho del nord
29.1964
6Simple English (simple)
Northern Sotho language
26.6824
7Swedish (sv)
Nordsotho
24.827
8Basque (eu)
Pediera
24.0802
9Catalan (ca)
Pedi (llengua)
21.3964
10Persian (fa)
زبان سوتوی شمالی
20.8858
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Northern Sotho language" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Northern Sotho
1 110 447
2German (de)
Nord-Sotho
73 834
3Polish (pl)
Język północny sotho
55 912
4Russian (ru)
Северный сото
53 387
5Portuguese (pt)
Língua soto do norte
45 574
6French (fr)
Sotho du Nord
42 818
7Spanish (es)
Idioma sotho septentrional
41 852
8Japanese (ja)
北ソト語
32 739
9Italian (it)
Lingua sotho del nord
31 069
10Dutch (nl)
Noord-Sotho
23 828
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Northern Sotho language" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Northern Sotho
5 724
2Russian (ru)
Северный сото
251
3Simple English (simple)
Northern Sotho language
156
4Japanese (ja)
北ソト語
153
5Spanish (es)
Idioma sotho septentrional
152
6French (fr)
Sotho du Nord
151
7Italian (it)
Lingua sotho del nord
151
8German (de)
Nord-Sotho
130
9Turkish (tr)
Kuzey Sotho dili
124
10Portuguese (pt)
Língua soto do norte
119
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Northern Sotho language" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Northern Sotho
209
2German (de)
Nord-Sotho
59
3French (fr)
Sotho du Nord
54
4Italian (it)
Lingua sotho del nord
43
5Dutch (nl)
Noord-Sotho
38
6Norwegian (no)
Nordsotho
33
7Russian (ru)
Северный сото
33
8Swedish (sv)
Nordsotho
19
9Portuguese (pt)
Língua soto do norte
17
10Spanish (es)
Idioma sotho septentrional
15
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Northern Sotho language" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
اللغة السوتية الشمالية
2
2German (de)
Nord-Sotho
1
3Azerbaijani (az)
Şimali Soto dili
0
4Bulgarian (bg)
Северен сото
0
5Catalan (ca)
Pedi (llengua)
0
6Czech (cs)
Severosotština
0
7English (en)
Northern Sotho
0
8Esperanto (eo)
Peda lingvo
0
9Spanish (es)
Idioma sotho septentrional
0
10Estonian (et)
Pedi keel
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Northern Sotho language" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Northern Sotho
1 191
2Estonian (et)
Pedi keel
220
3Arabic (ar)
اللغة السوتية الشمالية
200
4Portuguese (pt)
Língua soto do norte
179
5French (fr)
Sotho du Nord
163
6Dutch (nl)
Noord-Sotho
159
7German (de)
Nord-Sotho
139
8Persian (fa)
زبان سوتوی شمالی
90
9Russian (ru)
Северный сото
87
10Chinese (zh)
北索托語
60
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
اللغة السوتية الشمالية
azAzerbaijani
Şimali Soto dili
bgBulgarian
Северен сото
caCatalan
Pedi (llengua)
csCzech
Severosotština
deGerman
Nord-Sotho
enEnglish
Northern Sotho
eoEsperanto
Peda lingvo
esSpanish
Idioma sotho septentrional
etEstonian
Pedi keel
euBasque
Pediera
faPersian
زبان سوتوی شمالی
fiFinnish
Pohjoissothon kieli
frFrench
Sotho du Nord
glGalician
Lingua sesotho do norte
hrCroatian
Sjeverni sotho jezik
idIndonesian
Bahasa Sotho Utara
itItalian
Lingua sotho del nord
jaJapanese
北ソト語
koKorean
북소토어
ltLithuanian
Šiaurės Soto kalba
nlDutch
Noord-Sotho
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Nordsotho
noNorwegian
Nordsotho
plPolish
Język północny sotho
ptPortuguese
Língua soto do norte
ruRussian
Северный сото
shSerbo-Croatian
Sjeverni Sotho jezik
simpleSimple English
Northern Sotho language
svSwedish
Nordsotho
trTurkish
Kuzey Sotho dili
ukUkrainian
Північна сото
viVietnamese
Tiếng Bắc Sotho
zhChinese
北索托語
zhminnanMin Nan
Pak Sotho-gí

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#6627
11.2023
Global:
#112404
11.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1902
04.2015
Global:
#3466
10.2001

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Northern Sotho from Wikipedia articles about South Africa, Languages of South Africa, Limpopo, Julius Malema and Sotho–Tswana. Whereas reading the article about Northern Sotho people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Pedi people, Sotho–Tswana, Lovedu people, MaPulana and Tlokwa.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

zhminnan: Pak Sotho-gí

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