In the study conducted by the [[Central University of Technology|CUT]], no persons knowledgeable in the art of litema (Bekker, Thabane and Mothibe) or practising litema artists had any knowledge of a deeper significance other than that of beautifying the home for aesthetic purposes.
Nevertheless, there is indeed a contemporary [[writing system]] (specifically, a [[featural]] syllabary) associated with litema, that is used to write Sesotho (and all other [[Southern Bantu]] languages).