Discrepancies in Sesotho orthography too sad for words

14 August 2020 - 10:07
By Chopo Teleki

The Basotho of Lesotho and South Africa speak the same language, namely Sesotho. However, the two countries do not use the same orthography when writing Sesotho.

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