The Sesotho Word
The Sotho language is spoken conjunctively yet written disjunctively (that is, the spoken phonological words are not the same as the written orthographical words). In the following discussion, the natural conjunctive word division will be indicated by joining the disjunctive elements with the symbol • in the Sesotho and the English translation.
- Batho ba•lelapa la•hae ba•a•mo•ahlola People of•family of•his they•judge•him (His family members judge him)
Certain observations about the Sesotho word (and those of many other Bantu languages in general) may be made:
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