Sesotho orthography called into question : the case of some Sesotho personal names
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عنوان ژورنال: Nomina Africana: Journal of African Onomastics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1012-0254,2706-9842
DOI: 10.2989/na.2017.31.1.5.1308