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SADiLaR Team: isiXhosa Researcher
Author: Mieke Hofmeyr Ms Andiswa Bukula is the isiXhosa Researcher for SADiLaR. As a researcher, she is passionate about her field of research and works towards a better future for the isiXhosa language in a digital learning space. She is currently working on two articles. One with Dr. Roald Eiselen on the use of Named…
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Rihlamari tanihi Xihluvi xa mbulavulo eka Xitsonga/Interjection as part of speech in Xitsonga
Author: Respect Mlambo (SADiLaR Xitsonga Researcher) This blog is written to describe the interjection functions as part of speech in Xitsonga and the notion it expresses. Interjections in Xitsonga, as in other languages, are used to express the present mental state of the speaker. Manghenelo Rihlamari i xihluvi xa mbulavulo lexi kongomisaka eka marito lama…
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Umlando Wezemitlolo Welimi LesiNdebele NgokukaDorh
Author: Nomsa Skosana (isiNdebele Researcher) The literary history of isiNdebele (Skhosana, 2003) The blog trace back to the history of the first few written work in isiNdebele, it also shows the years in which isiNdebele was firstly introduced in schools as the language of teaching and learning in the area that was formerly known as…
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Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) online workshop
Author: Mmasibidi Setaka (SADiLaR Sesotho Researcher) The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) organised a workshop (originally expected to be held at the LREC 2020 conference in Marseille, France) in the field of African Indigenous Language Resources. This workshop aimed at bringing together researchers who are interested in showcasing their research and thereby…
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Let’s support our writers
Author: Mmasibidi Setaka (SADiLaR Sesotho Researcher) My name is Mme Mmasibidi Setaka, I am a Sesotho Researcher at the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources which is a national centre supported by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI). SADiLaR has an enabling function, with a focus on all official languages of South Africa, supporting research and…
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ʼn Videoreeks oor intensiewe vorme in Afrikaans
Author: Benito Trollip (SADiLaR Afrikaans researcher) Short summary and English title: A video series on intensified adjectives in Afrikaans In this blog a video series on intensified adjectives in Afrikaans is introduced. Interesting questions about these words are raised, including but not limited to who decides when a compound becomes and intensified adjective and where…
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