Southern Sotho (S33)
- Also (Se)sotho
- Richard Bailey: There are a couple of differences between the written form in Lesotho and in South Africa: tjh [SA] = ch [Les], tsh [SA] = tš [Les], kg [SA] = kh [Les], y [SA] = e [Les], w [SA] = o [Les] — JW wants to use South African spelling, but transcribes Doke into IPA (e. = I, e, = epsilon, o. =U, o, = -open –o-)
- See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesotho_orthography
Orthography (cf. Omniglot)
a [ɑ]
b [b]
bj [bʒ]
d [d]
e [ɨ/e/ɛ]
f [f]
fj [fʃ]
g [x]
h [ɦ/h]
hl [ɬ]
i [i]
j [ʒ/dʒ]
k [kʰ]
kg [x]
kh [kʰ]
l [l]
m [m]
n [n]
ng [ŋ]
nq [ŋ!]
ny [ɲ]
o [ʉ/o/ɔ]
p [p]
ph [pʰ]
pj [pʃ]
pjh [pʃʰ]
q [!]
qh [!ʰ]
qhw [!ʰʷ]
r [ʁ]
s [s]
sh [ʃ]
t [t]
th [tʰ]
tj [tʃ]
tjh/ch [tʃʰ]
tl [tl]
tlh [tlʰ
ts [ts]
tsh/tš [tsʰ]
u [u]
y [j]
w [w]
b [b]
bj [bʒ]
d [d]
e [ɨ/e/ɛ]
f [f]
fj [fʃ]
g [x]
h [ɦ/h]
hl [ɬ]
i [i]
j [ʒ/dʒ]
k [kʰ]
kg [x]
kh [kʰ]
l [l]
m [m]
n [n]
ng [ŋ]
nq [ŋ!]
ny [ɲ]
o [ʉ/o/ɔ]
p [p]
ph [pʰ]
pj [pʃ]
pjh [pʃʰ]
q [!]
qh [!ʰ]
qhw [!ʰʷ]
r [ʁ]
s [s]
sh [ʃ]
t [t]
th [tʰ]
tj [tʃ]
tjh/ch [tʃʰ]
tl [tl]
tlh [tlʰ
ts [ts]
tsh/tš [tsʰ]
u [u]
y [j]
w [w]