## Background Sesotho, also known as Southern Sotho, has its origins stretching back to many centuries ago. It belongs to the Nguni branch of the Bantu language family, sharing a common ancestor with languages like Zulu and Xhosa. Around the 15th and 16th centuries, the ancestors of the Basotho people migrated southward, settling in present-day Lesotho. The language is spoken by more than five million people in Southern Africa. It is an official language in both Lesotho and South Africa and plays a central role in Basotho cultural identity, education, and heritage. Sesotho orthography is written using two standardized orthographies: the Lesotho orthography, which uses diacritics and is historically rooted in French missionary scholarship. Sesotho was one of the first African languages to be reduced to writing and has an extensive literature.…