Lesothä [LESO]
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Language type
A priori
Place & SpeakersLesothä is spoken by a population of around 3,000,000 in Lesoodho.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Lesothä
nä yä-säisa, dä ya-däisa
Nä yä-säisa, thä ya-thäisa
Script of the valley, language of the hills.
sa_ däisa ya-gapadu — hë_täno mie_sa san — sem sia tal_i koi san_au mosen. le — ki__sidëo is_ama alsu suo mua ta_mi__s leso_do ya-vës_ono. leso suo oy däino lesodä a tal_i däino ymi_s_iśä san — muhu ya-lesodä.
Saa thäisa ya-Ngapathu — hëëtäno Mieesa san — sem sia talli koi sannau mosen. Le — kiiisithëo issama alsu suo mua taamiis Lesootho ya-phëssono. Leso suo oy thäino Lesothä a talli thäino Ymiissishä san — muhu ya-Lesothä.
Deep within the mountains of Ngapathu stands the Mieesa Plateau, a large low-altitude fertile land. Many groups of people call this place their home, including the eastern-based Lesoodho. The majority of these people speak Lesothä, with the closely-related Ymiissishä being spoken by a minority.
Isolating-Analytical SVO main word order, OVS rarely An exhaustive formality system 23 noun classes (though they are only commonly used in the Northern dialects) 37 base pronouns 3 written dialects: Lesothäyathäisa, Lesothäyaleso, and Lesothäyasipina
sa_ däisa ya-gapadu — hë_täno mie_sa san — sem sia tal_i koi san_au mosen. le — ki__sidëo is_ama alsu suo mua ta_mi__s leso_do ya-vës_ono. leso suo oy däino lesodä a tal_i däino ymi_s_iśä san — muhu ya-lesodä.
Saa thäisa ya-Ngapathu — hëëtäno Mieesa san — sem sia talli koi sannau mosen. Le — kiiisithëo issama alsu suo mua taamiis Lesootho ya-phëssono. Leso suo oy thäino Lesothä a talli thäino Ymiissishä san — muhu ya-Lesothä.
Deep within the mountains of Ngapathu stands the Mieesa Plateau, a large low-altitude fertile land. Many groups of people call this place their home, including the eastern-based Lesoodho. The majority of these people speak Lesothä, with the closely-related Ymiissishä being spoken by a minority.
Sample of Lesothä[view] Suasse mëliäino hyphäka issama simon.
I will not encourage others to fly.[view all texts]
I will not encourage others to fly.[view all texts]
Sound samples in Lesothä
Some sound samples of Lesothä. Maximum of 6 shown. Click the links to see the full texts.
Äi mokotassäino leso san — liukas lathääkola?
Why does meeting people have to be so difficult?
Why does meeting people have to be so difficult?
»Issasu lesola? Issasu — le thola?«
»Suasse — konoana na. Mä suasse — konoana na .«
"Who are you and how did you get in here?" "I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith."
"Who are you and how did you get in here?" "I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith."
Tä luläino ta.
I love you
I love you
Le — sinnamas së seon. Saa tänni mëusphaku syta yä!
This is my world. You are not welcome in my world!
This is my world. You are not welcome in my world!
Patoku siithäino late së ossë yä! No siithäino tomimäino tänni...Suasse mëkan sononäino tänni...Tass...
The monsters took our children! They took them and killed them... I couldn't do anything to protect ...
The monsters took our children! They took them and killed them... I couldn't do anything to protect ...
Saa annong koi këto home maaa kesätynaansytem suasse mopäino koi hurra matonno ya-no së täo issama l...
I cautiously give the dangerous man my father's money at the predetermined square in front of the ch...
I cautiously give the dangerous man my father's money at the predetermined square in front of the ch...
Language family relationships
[view] About Kū́llārThe first language spoken by the inhabitants of Tāínà Kū́llār, "Taina Lake."
[edit] [view] Musäukothä (Musäuko Lesothä)The Lesothä dialect spoken in the town of Musäuko (Natively: Musäyuko), the southwestern-most town of the Lesoodho territory. It forms a dialect continuum with Ymiissi. This dialect is spoken by only a few thousand people, but is notably spoken by Mingkethno e-Lesoodho (Natively: Mingkeeno e-Lesoosho), the most recent leader of the Lesoodho nation.
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 | Back | |||
| Close | i i:: i: | ɨ ɨ:: ɨ: | u u:: u: | |||
| Close-mid | [ɘ̆] | |||||
| Open-mid | ɜ ɜ:: ɜ: | ɔ ɔ:: ɔ: | ||||
| Near-open | ɐ ɐ:: ɐ: | |||||
| Polyphthongs | ai ai:: ai: | ei ei:: ei: |
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] | |||||||||
| ä Ää /ai/ | ë Ëë /ei/ | i Ii /i/ | y Yy /ɨ/, /j/ | u Uu /u/ | o Oo /ɔ/ | e Ee /ɜ/ | a Aa /ɐ/ | m Mm /m/ | n Nn /n/ |
| g NG ng /ŋ/ | th d th /θ/, [ð] | v PH ph /ɸ/ | k Kk /k/ | t Tt /t̪/ | p Pp /p/ | s Ss /s̪/ | l Ll /l̪/, [ɫ] | r RR rr /r̥/ | h Hh /x/ |
| ✔ Shown in correct order [change] | |||||||||
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