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Women in Literature: Webinar by PanSALB
Author: Andiswa Bukula (SADiLaR isiXhosa researcher) On the 20th of August I had the privilege of attending a virtual seminar that was hosted by Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB). As a language researcher specializing in one of South Africa’s indigenous languages, isiXhosa, I knew and understood the benefits of such a webinar. The webinar…
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isiNdebele and Sesotho, Could They Be Sisters?
Authors: Nomsa Skosana (isiNdebele researcher) & Mmasibidi Setaka (Sesotho researcher) IsiNdebele and Sesotho are two of the eleven South African official languages. They are distinct and belong to different language clusters within the Niger Congo consortium of languages. IsiNdebele is one of the four Nguni languages: Siswati, isiZulu and isiXhosa. While, Sesotho forms part of…
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Language and Gender Sensitivity in reference to Zulu culture
Author: Rooweither Mabuya (SADiLaR isiZulu Researcher) Language is a vehicle through which gender sensitivity is expressed. According to (Wodak, 1997) gender concerns the psychological, social and cultural differences between males and females. Gender refers to the fact of being male or female while gender sensitivity is the state of being aware of what society thinks…
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MABUMABUMERI EKA XITSONGA (QUALIFICATIVES IN XITSONGA)
Author: Respect Mlambo (SADiLaR Xistonga researcher) In today’s blog, I provide a general overview of qualificatives in Xitsonga. The primary purpose of this blog is to investigate the morphology, semantics and syntax of Xitsonga qualificatives. Qualificatives are words that describe or modify nouns and pronouns in a sentence. In Xitsonga, there are three types of…
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A new English
[T]he English language will be able to carry the weight of my African experience. But it will have to be a new English, still in full communion with its ancestral home, but altered to suit its new African surroundings.[1] We ought to change the way we think about language from “what languages look like to…
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