ELP ID
31808
ELP Language
Siphuthi
Speaker Number
10000-99999
Public Comment
"At present we do not know how many speakers of Phuthi there are. There appears to be no systematic record anywhere of where speakers live, or who claims to speak the language. I estimate--conservatively, and only very roughly--that there may be 20,000 native Phuthi speakers spread across the five main Phuthi regions of southern Lesotho."
Source
Southern Tekela Nguni is Alive: Reintroducing the Phuthi Language
Preferred
On
Speaker Number Text
~20,000
Speaker Number Range
10000-99999