Mōtung:Lesotho

Name[adiht fruman]

Should the name be rendered as Lesoðo? Icelandic lists their rendering as Lesótó. (if they use long vowels, perhaps we should too?) — ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ 19:00, 15 Gēolmōnaþ 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The name of Lesotho is pronounced "LesOOtoo". The orthography is from the Sesotho language. There is no "Þ" sound. That said, there is a case for asking how to write it.

Sesotho is a Bantu language, so its rules will be familar. The tribe are often known as the "Sotho". A Sotho man is a "Mosotho" and the plural is "Basotho". Thus in the Empire the kingdom was known as "Basutoland" ("land of the Basuto / Basotho"). It took its more native form on independence.

If hypothetically one were to call the people "Basute" then it would be "Basutaland".

Botswana is the same: "Motswana" (s), "Batswana" (pl), "Botswana" ("place of the Tswana"), known in the Empire as "Bechuanaland" (Mn English) or "Betsjoeanaland" (Afrikaans).

Hogweard 19:45, 15 Gēolmōnaþ 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah I got'cha. I suppose it's a matter of whether or not the H is considered to be pronounced. — ᚹᚩᛞᛖᚾᚻᛖᛚᛗ 17:25, 16 Gēolmōnaþ 2009 (UTC)[reply]