用以指稱索托人的文化風格。索托人主要分布於賴索托，他們起初效忠以莫修修一世（Moshoeshoe I，或譯「姆什韋什韋」）為首之皇族並因此結盟，莫修修一世於西元十九世紀時建立索托國。非洲南部另有一群以塞索托語（或稱「南索托語」）為母語的索托人或其後裔，其文化則特別稱為「南索托」文化。

巴索托(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
索托(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,,)
pa so t'o(P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
bā suǒ tuō(P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
ba suo tuo(P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
Sotho(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,A)
Sotho(P,,U,荷蘭語-偏好,D,U,U)
Sotho(P,,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,U)
Suto(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
Basotho(Sotho)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
Basuto(Sotho)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....風格與時代層面
........風格與時代
............<依區域區分之風格與時代>
................非洲
....................<非洲文化或區域風格>
........................南部非洲
............................<索托風格>
................................巴索托

meaning/usage overlaps with....

賴索托

英文....

Style and culture of the Sotho ethnic group, located primarily in Lesotho. They were originally united by a common loyalty to the royal house of Moshoeshoe I, who founded the Sotho nation in the 19th century. For the cultures of the African people living in southern Africa who speak or who are descendants of those who traditionally spoke the Sesotho or Southern Sotho language, use the more specific "Southern Sotho."

巴索托............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	非洲傳統文化與現代化 235
Sotho............	[VP]
.................	Bascom, African Art in Cultural Perspective (1973) 147
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) Sotho (African people)
.................	Leiris and Delange, African Art (1968) 451
.................	Murdock, Africa (1959) 387
.................	Gillon, Breve historia del arte africano (1984) 347
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 4 February 2010
Suto............	[VP]
.................	Leiris and Delange, African Art (1968) 451
Basotho(Sotho)............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Basuto(Sotho)............	[VP]
.................	Murdock, Africa (1959) 387
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (1990)

Getty AAT: 300016563 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300016563
聯合目錄： 巴索托 、索托 、pa so t'o 、bā suǒ tuō 、ba suo tuo 、Sotho 、Suto 、Basotho 、Basuto 、Sotho 、Sotho