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> SA Word Challenge (Official Languages)
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Angelique
(last edited Nov 10, 2013 07:21AM)
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Nov 10, 2013 07:21AM
So we were talking about having one language each month for the SA word challenge. With the use of a handy random number generator and the ever clever google I bring you the suggested order. I also added some links for possible words.
January - Sotho-
http://sesotho.wikispaces.com/words
February-Afrikaans
March-Swati Language-
http://swazilandsolidaritynetworkcana...
April-Zulu-
http://mylanguages.org/zulu_vocabular...
May-Xhosa-
http://learn101.org/xhosa_vocabulary.php
June-Tsonga-
http://archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/Lan...
July-Venda-
http://archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/Lan...
August-English
September-Southern Ndebele-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern...
October-Northern Sotho-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern...
November-Tswana-
http://www.salanguages.com/setswana/w...
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Lauren (Sugar & Snark)
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Nov 10, 2013 10:52AM
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Damn if only we had 12 official languages then we would have been sorted for the year! :D
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Lauren
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Nov 11, 2013 12:51AM
We could have one month for slang :) And words that are commonly used no matter what language you speak.
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Lauren (Sugar & Snark)
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Nov 11, 2013 01:28AM
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I like that idea :D
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Angelique
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Nov 11, 2013 03:03AM
And December does seem like the perfect month for it!
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Lu
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Nov 14, 2013 02:10AM
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Great stuff! Thanks Angelique :)
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Angelique
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Nov 14, 2013 02:56AM
My Pleasure. Google did all the work :)
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Claudia
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Dec 07, 2013 01:03AM
Are we still doing this one? Can we nominate yet?
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Lauren
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Dec 07, 2013 01:08AM
Yes, the slang one is up now.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Lu
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Dec 07, 2013 04:21AM
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Did I forget to send out a group msg?
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Claudia
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Dec 07, 2013 05:10AM
No, I was confused with which month we were doing. I thought it was Sotho now. :)
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Dec 07, 2013 05:18AM
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Ah I see :)
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Lu
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Feb 02, 2015 08:00AM
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Going to bump this for myself.
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January - Sotho-http://sesotho.wikispaces.com/words
February-Afrikaans
March-Swati Language- http://swazilandsolidaritynetworkcana...
April-Zulu- http://mylanguages.org/zulu_vocabular...
May-Xhosa- http://learn101.org/xhosa_vocabulary.php
June-Tsonga- http://archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/Lan...
July-Venda- http://archive.phonetics.ucla.edu/Lan...
August-English
September-Southern Ndebele- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern...
October-Northern Sotho- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern...
November-Tswana- http://www.salanguages.com/setswana/w...