Within Phuthi, there are at least two dialect areas, based on linguistic criteria: Mpapa/Daliwe vs. all other areas. This taxonomy is based on a single (but very salient) phonological criterion (presence/absence of secondary labialisation). Mpapa and Daliwe (Sesotho "Taleoe" ) are villages in southern Lesotho, southeast of Mount Moorosi, on the dust road leading to Tosing, then on to Mafura (itself a Phuthi-speaking village), and finally Mpapa/Daliwe. Other Phuthi-speaking areas (all given in Lesotho Sesotho orthography) include Makoloane and Mosuoe [musuwe, near Quthing, in south-western Lesotho; Seqoto (Xhosa "Zingxondo", Phuthi "Sigxodo" ); Makoae (Phuthi "Magwayi") further to the east; and a number of villages north and west of Qacha's Nek. (Qacha is the main southeastern town in Lesotho, in the Qacha's Nek District). Phuthi-speaking diaspora (that is, heritage) areas include the far northern Transkei villages of Gcina (on the road to the Tele Bridge border post) and Mfingci [mfiᵑ/i (across the Tele River, opposite Sigxodo, approximately).