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{{Short description|Writing system for some Southern Bantu languages}}
{{Primary sources|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox writing system
| name = Ditema tsa Dinoko
| altname = isiBheqe soHlamvu
| typedesc-prefix = [[Featural writing system|Featural]]
| type = [[abugida]]
| date = 2014
| languages = [[Sotho language|Sotho]] and other [[Southern Bantu languages]]
| fam1 = [[Litema]], amaBheqe [[ideographs]] (Izimpawu zesiNtu)
| sample = Ditema Tsa Dinoko Syllabary Sample.svg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = ''Ditema tsa Dinoko'' written in the syllabary
}}
'''Ditema tsa Dinoko''' ({{IPA link|[di.tʼɪ.ma t͜sʼa di.nʊː.kʼʊ]}}), [[Sesotho]] for "[[Litema|Ditema]] syllabary", also known as '''isiBheqe soHlamvu''' ({{IPA|zu|i.si.bʱɛ.ᵏǃʼɛ sɔ.ɬaː.ɱb̪̊vʱu}})<ref name="isiBheqe">{{cite web |url=http://www.isibheqe.org.za |title=⍚ DITEMA TSA DINOKO ⍚ |publisher=isibheqe.org.za|access-date=18 April 2025}}</ref> is a [[constructed writing system|constructed]], [[featural]] [[abugida]] for all ''siNtu'' ([[Southern Bantu]]) languages. It was developed from the traditional [[ideographic]] mural art of the [[Sotho people]] known as ''[[litema]]'' or ''ditema''.<ref>[https://matthewdea.com/blog/2017/5/12/writing-systems-of-africa Writing Systems] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627115722/https://matthewdea.com/blog/2017/5/12/writing-systems-of-africa |date=2018-06-27 }} (12 May 2017) "Perhaps the most contemporary and creative African script is known as Ditema Tsa Dinoko (Isibheqe Sohlamvu in Zulu). This script can be used to write any Southern Bantu language, such as Sesotho, Zulu, and Tswana. The Southern Bantu languages are found in South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. Created within the past three years by linguists, programmers, and designers, this special writing system is inspired by traditional litema art of Lesotho."
See also e.g.: {{cite web |url=http://miami2015.designmiami.com/design-galleries/view/southern-guild4 |title=Isibheqe cabinets |publisher=Design Miami |access-date=2015-11-23 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.news24.com/citypress/News/indigenous-alphabet-on-the-cards-for-sa-20160206
|title=Indigenous alphabet on the cards for SA
|first=Garreth|last=van Niekerk
|website=[[City Press (South Africa)]]
|date=2016-02-08
|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210714010433/https://www.news24.com/citypress/News/indigenous-alphabet-on-the-cards-for-sa-20160206
|archive-date=2021-07-14
}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal
|journal=South African Journal of African Languages
|first=Sandra|last=Land
|url=https://openscholar.dut.ac.za/bitstream/10321/2360/1/Land_SAJAL_Vol35No2_2015.pdf
|date=2015
|title=Reading and the orthography of isiZulu
|volume=35 |pages=163–175
|issue=2
|doi=10.1080/02572117.2015.1113000
|url-status=live
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803065033/https://openscholar.dut.ac.za/bitstream/10321/2360/1/Land_SAJAL_Vol35No2_2015.pdf
|archive-date=2020-08-03
}}</ref>. Other names for the script are ''Xiyinhlanharhu xa Mipfawulo'' in Xitsonga and ''Luṱhofunḓeraru lwa Mibvumo'' in Tshivenḓa.
The script is designed for the phonological features of the ''siNtu'' languages, such as [[Sesotho]], [[Tswana language|Setswana]], [[Zulu language|IsiZulu]], [[Xhosa language|IsiXhosa]], [[SiSwati]], [[Phuthi language|SiPhuthi]], [[Tsonga language|Xitsonga]], [[Makhuwa language|EMakhuwa]], [[Ngoni language|ChiNgoni]], [[Lozi language|SiLozi]], [[Shona language|ChiShona]], [[Guitonga]], [[Chopi language|Chichopi]] and [[Venda language|Tshivenḓa]], among many others, unifying them consistently under one [[orthography]].<ref name="isiBheqe"/> This includes languages that have no standardised Latin [[orthography]], such as [[Pulana language|East Sotho languages]] (SePulana, SeKutswe and HiPai) and several of the [[Tekela languages]]. For example, a diacritic that indicates [[nasal vowel|vowel nasality]], known as ''ingungwanyana'', is provided specifically for the latter ones.
{{As of| May 2025|post=,}} no proposal has been made to encode the script in [[Unicode]], the text encoding standard designed to support all of the world's major writing systems. Yet, it is being actively researched.<ref>[https://sei.berkeley.edu/scripts-to-encode/ "Scripts to Encode - Script Encoding Initiative."] Unicode, Inc. Retrieved 27 May 2025</ref>
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{{Short description|Writing system for some Southern Bantu languages}}
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