The cultural meaning of names among basotho of southern africa. This dynamic translation of the bible was first published in 1989 and is known as the phetolelo e ntjha. Provided to youtube by africori thapelo ya basotho st. Mafoko a thapelo ya morena, a jesu keresete a neng a a bua mo therong ya kwa thabeng, a fitlhelwa mo baebeleng mo go mathaio kgaolo 6, temana 9 go ya go.
These three wars were fought over the territorial rights in the area between the. The complete bible in sesotho 1989 translation standard orthography with a word list, names index, footnotes and crossreferences. Language of lesotho learn with flashcards, games, and more for free. Sesotho sa leboa is one of the 11 official languages of south africa. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. A historical and linguistic analysis mthobeli guma university of the western cape, south africa abstract names are more than a word or words by which a person, animal, place or thing is known. Journal of literary criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies. Port elizabeth basotho men singing 2 feb 2017 duration. Ka tsela ena he, re kgothaletsa basotho ho qala ho sebedisa dikomporo ka puo ya sesotho hohle moo. Boitelo ba ho phethahatsa ka botlalo ditokelo tsa botho le. In particular thomas arbousset, eugene casalis and constant gosselin from the paris evangelical missionary society. Mxhosa hara basotho trying to praise himself ka sesotho. Ba bala dibuka, ba ngola ka dipene, ba etsa dithothokiso, ba etsa dipalo jwale ke kgefutso, ba leba mabaleng.
The journalist is an independent, not for profit organisation working with the academic community and a range of credible online entities to make knowledge more accessible to the wider public. The cultural meaning of names among basotho of southern. Thapelo ya sesotho molimo oa leseli oa rammoloki, molimo ako re utloe rea rapela, molimo e mocha rapela oa khale, o re rapelle ho e moholo jere, mojari oa litsito tsa batho, molimo o atla li. English words for kananelo include accreditation, unappreciative and appreciation. Northern sotho sesotho sa leboa, also known by the name of its standardised dialect version pedi sepedi is a bantu language spoken primarily in south africa, where it is one of the 11 official languages. Basotho ba leboa ba ja dijo tsa go swana kenywa ye e bitswago lerotse, morogo wa wa mokhusa mokhusa. Sepedi language audio training coursewelcome to the sepedi northern sotho language audio trainin.
Notable works in terms of literature listed below include the highly acclaimed novel, chaka, written by thomas mafolo published in 1925. The written form and orthography of sesotho was created with the arrival of european missionaries in lesotho in 1833. Comments on the african languages wordnet project mampaka lydia mojapelo university of sourth africa unisa, pretoria, south africa abstract. Melao le melawana ena ya basotho e laolang phedisano. Diboko tsa basotho southern sotho edition fezekile futhwa on. They are native to modern lesotho and south africa. Ena ke pokello ya dipalekgutshwe tse ngotsweng ke batjha. Afrika borwa e na le setjhaba sa batho ba fetang dimiliyone tse 20. Basotho ha ba na bahale southern sotho edition archbishop dr. Short stories from sotho writers, including thabiso. These can be divided into the senekals war of 1858, the seqiti war in 1865.
Maele a basotho a re mme o tshwara thipa ka bohaleng. Finite state tokenisation of an orthographical disjunctive. Lesotho is the southern most landlocked country in the world, which is completely surrounded by south africa from all sides. Basotho men mainly worked on mines and at industries throughout south africa and the numbers of these people only declined during the 1990s. English words for nala include prosperity and overflow.
Basotho ma xhoseng sotho people amongst xhosa people. Thapelo ya basotho modimo wa lesedi wa rammoloki, modimo ako re utlwe rea rapela, molimo e motjha rapela wa kgale, o re rapelle ho e moholo jere, mojari wa ditshito tsa batho, modimo o atla di maroba, atla di robokilwe ke ho re shwela, atla di tshweu tsa rammoloki tlhatlhamatjholo, di tshweu ke ho bopa masea, a manyenyane dibokothoane. According to the 2011 census it was the first language of 4,618,576 people in south africa, principally in the provinces of limpopo, gauteng and mpumalanga. Phillips, 1917, jacot guillarmod, 1971, schmitz, 1982 provided useful information with regard to plant use. Thus it naturally draws interest about its formation. Puo e sebedisitsweng mona ke e mathemalodi empa e totobatsang ka moo batjha ba kajeno ba pepesang maikutlo a bona. Basotho here is used to refer to the people residing in lesotho and the free state province of south africa, as it has become clear that these two nations share numerous practices and cultures. Basotho, leqepheng lena ke arolelana le lona dingolwa tsohle tseo ke fumaneng di fupere ho hong ho itseng, hoo ke hopolang hore ho ka re tswela molemo. The first official governmental attempt at recording and standardising the language, sesotho, in south africa was with the publication of the sotho terminology and orthography no. The present lesotho, then called basutoland, emerged a.
As such, the basotho blanket maintains a very distinctive look, and includes designs that have remained unchanged for decades. African languages wordnet is an ongoing project which is based on the english wordnet. Jesu o ne a bolela jaana pele ga a rapela thapelo eno. Oudiovista, 1979 northern sotho language 161 pages. The basotho have inhabited the region since around the fifth century and so, they are closely related to. The south sotho or basotho people settled in the area that was to become known first as. Dingolwa tsena ke mpa ke di ratile le ha kwana nke ke ka qoswa mabapi le dikahare tsa teng. Browse the worlds largest ebookstore and start reading today on the web, tablet, phone, or ereader. This language is also known as southern sotho, suto, sutho, souto, and sisutho this language is spoken by 1,770,000 people in the kingdom of lesotho and by 3,105,000 people in the republic of south africa. Ke bokhoba ba bokolone bo thopothelitsoeng likelellong tsa rona. Dipolelo tsa bathobaso ka kakaretso di lebelelwa fase, go retwa polelo ye ya bomongwe.
Introduction this chapter focusses on the acquisition of sesotho, a southern bantu1 language guthrie 1967 zone 32. Mangoaelas lithoko tsa marena a basotho praise poems of basotho. Tlatlamachola senesa pula,tlatla metsi a etse keleli hoba ka metsi o ntlafatsa selichaba, lichaba di tswang ho wena mmopong, ditlang ho boela ho wena meahong. These two caves were selected because of their prominence within the basotho cultural tradition and history. Bangodi ba dipalekgutshwe tsena ha ba ngola ba etse hloko dintlha tsa bohlokwa tsa phedisano tse kang ditokelo tsa botho, bong, bodumedi le bomorabe. E loketse babadi ba ditoropong, metseng le mapolasing. The journalist is a groundbreaking media project that provides history and context for key issues facing south african journalists. A functional equivalent translation that communicates the meaning and style of the original texts. Prayers that are not known in this language are shown in english until we have the complete prayer, at which time it will be shown in both languages. Basotho ba bile le neo e kgolo ya ho hopola ditaba, mme batho bohle ba ne ba ena le neo ena. The qwaqwa park lies next to the golden gate national park and the magnificent amphitheatre of the drakensberg. Sesotho sa leboa northern sotho, or literally, sotho of the north is mostly spoken in the northeastern parts of south africa, generally northeast of tshwane pretoria, in parts of gauteng, limpopo and mpumalanga see map. Bethuel pakalitha mosisili born march 14, 1945 has been the prime minister of lesotho since may 29, 1998.
The book titled, basotho ha ba na bahale is written by archbishop dr. Highlight or bookmark your favorite verses, make verse images that you can share, and attach public or private notes to bible passages. Finite state tokenisation of an orthographical disjunctive agglutinative language. Le ho ya ja dijo le nna ke batla sekolo, ke ilo ithuta, ho bala le ho ngola. Lehlohonolo matsepe and prudence dyofile are two students who identify as sotho, but find themselves slightly out of place in the eastern cape a predominantly xhosa region. This friendly village lies in the scenic qwaqwa national park in an area rich in natural beauty. Read sepedi northern sotho, sesotho sa laboa language audio training course language learning country guide and vocabulary for travel in south africa by language recall available from rakuten kobo. African ritual tradition and aims to examine different rituals performed at the two sacred sites in the eastern free state, namely, badimong near rosendal and motouleng near clarens. Moses choir sophie makhanya sophie makhanya thapelo ya basotho. Kgoeletso ya mefuta e fapaneng ya botjhaba ya lefatshe lohle ya unesco. Basotho re hapetsoe naha, ra hapeloa lihloliloeng, ra furalatsoa mekhoa le meetlo. The free statebasotho wars refers to a series of wars fought between king moshoeshoe i, the ruler of the basotho kingdom, and the white settlers, in what is now known as the free state.