Lesothä [LESO]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersLesothä is spoken by a population of around 10,000 in Ngapathu.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Lesothä
Deep within the mountains of Ngapathu stands the Mieesa Plateau. Despite the seemingly unpleasant atmosphere, many groups of people call this place their home. This includes the Lesoodho, a group of elves who worship the dragon Leso. Lesothä was spoken by these people until all but one were killed in a devastating war. Today only one native speaker exists, with the rest of the speakers being student learners.
Lesothä is an isolating language with agglutinative elements spoken by the Lesoodho ethnostate on the continent of Ragjonja. It is an official language in the Lesoodho territory and a minority language in Ymiissi, Mläye, and Akotidah. It follows a SVO grammar structure, though some historical noun phrases Mieesan’s SOV structure. While its phonology takes inspiration from Finnish and Japanese, the grammar is mostly influenced by Mandarin Chinese. It is a Mieesan language of the Ymi-Leso branch, meaning that it is most closely related to Ymiissithä and more distantly related to Mläye, Minsäme, and Olmokkəś. At the peak of its dominance, it was spoken by at least two million people.
Lesothä is an isolating language with agglutinative elements spoken by the Lesoodho ethnostate on the continent of Ragjonja. It is an official language in the Lesoodho territory and a minority language in Ymiissi, Mläye, and Akotidah. It follows a SVO grammar structure, though some historical noun phrases Mieesan’s SOV structure. While its phonology takes inspiration from Finnish and Japanese, the grammar is mostly influenced by Mandarin Chinese. It is a Mieesan language of the Ymi-Leso branch, meaning that it is most closely related to Ymiissithä and more distantly related to Mläye, Minsäme, and Olmokkəś. At the peak of its dominance, it was spoken by at least two million people.
Sample of Lesothä[view] Sonsa yakynnäino. / Sonsa yakynnäino sa ko. / Sonsa yakynnäino sa soyko. / Sonsa yakynnäino sa äyoko. / Sonsa yakynnäino koi huuti. / Sonsa yakynnäino sa ongo. / Sonsa yakynnäino sa yomiski. / Sonsa yakynnäino koi meon. / Sonsa koi meon yakynnäino. / Sonsa kii sa ko sia niia. / Leso suo thäsa tituläino. / Leso suo talli tituläino. / Les...[view all texts]
Sound samples in Lesothä
Some sound samples of Lesothä. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Suolle ya-suuki yakynnäino sa ko kimino issasu huuphäino suasse.
Remember me, when the candlelights are gleaming
Remember me, when the candlelights are gleaming
Suasse nam inäino elma la?
- Äyo.
Suasse kii sa ongo ki issama kissi tëssukä la?
- Mëäyo.
- Issa...
Do we have to visit the neighbors? - Yes. Please, can't we just go home again. - No. Imagine how...
Do we have to visit the neighbors? - Yes. Please, can't we just go home again. - No. Imagine how...
Äi mokotassäino leso san — liukas lathääkola?
Why does meeting people have to be so difficult?
Why does meeting people have to be so difficult?
Huomi tamäino issasu la?
Are you afraid of Octopuses?
Are you afraid of Octopuses?
Issasu utesäino suasse së latya — sypehiikä koi äyo.
True freedom means doing what I tell you.
True freedom means doing what I tell you.
Suasse ngu ngala koi nammu. Issasu suasse mä teulle koi mienna no nestalläino san ollëna no suasse.
Just the three of us. You, me, and this brick wall you've built between us.
Just the three of us. You, me, and this brick wall you've built between us.
Language family relationships
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Other | ||||||
| Nasal | m m: | n n: | ŋ | |||||||||
| Plosive | p | t̪ | k | |||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | [β]1 | θ | [ð]2 | s̪ s̪: | [z̪]3 | x | |||||
| Lateral approximant | l̪ l̪: | [ɫ]4 | ||||||||||
| Approximant | j | |||||||||||
| Trill | r̥ | |||||||||||
- ɸ becomes β before a long vowel, allophone of /ɸ/
- allophone of /θ/
- s becomes z before a long vowel, allophone of /s̪:/
- allophone of /l̪/
| Vowels | Front | Central | Near- back | Back | ||||
| Close | i i: | ɨ ɨ: | ||||||
| Near-close | ʊ ʊ: | |||||||
| Close-mid | [ɘ̆] | |||||||
| Open-mid | ɜ ɜ: | ɔ ɔ: | ||||||
| Near-open | ɐ ɐ: | |||||||
| Polyphthongs | ai ai: | ɛi ɛi: |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Lesothä. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 LesothäOrthography [edit] | ||||||||||
| Ää/ai/ | Aa/ɐ/ | Oo/ɔ/ | Uu/ʊ/ | Ëë/ɛi/ | Ee/ɜ/ | Ii/i/ | Yy/ɨ/ | Jj/j/ | Hh/x/ | PH ph/ɸ/ |
| Pp/p/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l̪/, [ɫ] | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | NG ng/ŋ/ | Ss/s̪/ | Tt/t̪/ | TH th/θ/, [ð] | RR rr/r̥/ | |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | ||||||||||
