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From: "C. Braithwaite" <>
Subject: RE: [ZA] Offical Languages
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 21:21:07 -0700
In-Reply-To: <005801c3d1a0$817c85e0$896d65da@computer>


Hi,
Just to help you.

The noun has a prefix and the prefix changes to whether it is singular or
plural. The prefix also influences the verb.

(isi) in this case would probably mean ("the" Zulu language - plural) as
Zulu for one does not have a word for "the".

Hope this helps.
D



-----Original Message-----
From: Patricia Frykberg [mailto:]
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 7:22 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [ZA] Offical Languages

That's interesting too.
the 'isi' before the name does it mean language or...?
So that if I was to refer to all these people would I use the name isZulu
etc or just Zulu or is there another prefix?
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerda Pieterse" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, 3 January 2004 09:50 AM
Subject: Re: [ZA] Offical Languages


> I remember that with the previous census it was rather interesting too see
> them in context of speakers. I seem to remember that isiZulu was first and
> isiXhosa second. Much lower down the list Afrikaans was followed by
English
> as minority languages. Does anybody have these figures?
>
> kind regards
>
> Gerda Pieterse
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Rodger" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 5:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [ZA] Offical Languages
>
>
> > English
> > Afrikaans
> > isiNdebele
> > Sesotho sa Leboa (North Sotho)
> > Sesotho (South Sotho)
> > siSwati
> > Xitsonga
> > Setswana
> > Tshivenda
> > isiXhosa
> > isiZulu
> >
> > (Source: Unforgettable Sunny South Africa Calendar, 2003, published by
> > Global Calendars cc.
> >
> > On Friday, January 2, 2004, at 09:00 AM, Patricia Frykberg wrote:
> >
> > > Could someone please give me the names of the present official
> > > languages in South Africa?
> > > Many thanks
> > > Pat
> > >
> > >
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