This is a proposed orthography that is meant to be used for writing of Southern Sotho. It is now in a very early stage of development, so some changes may occur to it in the future as the creator see fit. For any questions please use the email link below.

Sesotho
The Southern Sotho alternative orthography

Devised by: Michael Fustumum (michaelpeterfustumum(at)gmail.com)
# Proposed letter Current letter IPA

1

A a

 А а

[ɑ]

2

B b

B b

[b]

3

 Bj bj Bj bj [bʒ]

4

C c

Ts ts

 [t͡sʼ]

5

 Ch ch Tsh tsh [t͡sʰ]
6 Č č Tj tj [t͡ʃʼ]

7

 Čh čh Tjh tjh [t͡ʃʰ]

8

E e

 E e

[ɪ~e~ɛ]

9

F f

 F f

[f]

10

 Fš fš Fj fj [fʃ]
11

H h

 H h

[h~ɦ]
12

I i

I i

[i]

13

J j

 J j

[ʒ~d͡ʒ]

14

K k

K k

[kʼ]
15 Kh kh Kh kh [kʰ]
16

L l

L l, D d

[l~d]
17 Ł ł Hl hl [ɬ]

18

M m

M m

[m]
19

N n

N n

[n]

20

 Ŋ ŋ Ng ng [ŋ]

21

 Ñ ñ Ny ny [ɲ]

22

 O o O o [ʊ~o~ɔ]

23

P p

P p

[pʼ]

24

 Ph ph Ph ph [pʰ]

25

 Pš pš Pj pj

[pʃʼ]

26

 Pšh pšh Pj pjh [pʃʰ]

27

Q q

Q q

[ǃ]
28 Qh qh Qh qh [ǃʰ]
29 Ŋq ŋq Nq nq [ᵑǃ]
30

R r

R r

[ʀ]
31

S s

S s

[s]
32

Š š

Sh sh

[ʃ]
33

T t

T t

[tʼ]
34 Th th Th th [tʰ]
35 Tł tł Tl tl

[t͡ɬʼ]
36 Tłh tłh Tlh tlh [t͡ɬʰ]
37 U u U u [u]
38 W w W w [w]
39

X x

 Kg kg

[x~k͡xʰ]
40

Y y

 Y y

[j]
There would not be letters d, g, v, z, which would be replaced by l, k, b, s.

Text example
First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Batho bohle ba cwecwe ba lokolohile mme ba lekana ka botho le litokelo. Ba cwecwe le monahano le lecwalo mme ba tłamehile ho phelisana le ba baŋ ka moya wa boena.

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