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Analysis of Consonant Minimal Pairs of Nouns and Verbs in Xitsonga

Forum for Linguistic Studies
Minimal pairs play a crucial role in phonetics and phonology by identifying phonemic contrasts and delineating the boundaries between distinct phonemes.
Respect Mlambo
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Fine-Tuning a Machine Learning Model to Detect Covid-19 Misinformation in Xitsonga

2025 IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa)
This paper explores the effectiveness of models, specifically Multilingual Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (mBERT) and Random Forest, for detecting misinformation about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Xitsonga, a South ...
Seani Rananga
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Morphosyntactic features of universal quantifiers in isiZulu and Xitsonga: A comparative study

Literator
Due to their common roots within the Bantu language family, isiZulu and Xitsonga exhibit several shared linguistic features, notably the use of a noun class system. Yet, their distinct morphological rules differentiate them.
R. X. Masonto, E. M. Mncwango
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The Lexicographic Treatment of Xitsonga Kinship Terminologies in Selected Bilingual Dictionaries

African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies
Kinship terminologies, which vary across cultures and languages, present challenges for lexicographers in creating bilingual dictionaries. Effective bilingual dictionaries must accurately and comprehensively reflect kinship terms and their equivalents ...
Respect Mlambo, Muzi Matfunjwa
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Evaluating the Challenges Experienced by Grade Three Teachers when Teaching Reading Proficiency in Xitsonga Home Language Classrooms in Limpopo province, South Afric

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
The aim of this study was to explore the challenges experienced by grade three teachers when teaching reading proficiency to Xitsonga Home Language learners. A qualitative approach was used with an interpretive research paradigm.
RB Mabasa-Manganyi, Khashane Stephen Malatji, T. Mthembu   +2 more
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Writing Instruction in Xitsonga in South Africa

2019
Tintswalo V. Manyike, Nkidi Phatudi
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Towards the marking of noun class 8 and its agreement morpheme in Xitsonga

Literator
The purpose of the study was to examine the noun class associated with the generic agreement morpheme in Xitsonga and to unpack whether the noun class and its agreement morpheme can be discussed in terms of the theory of markedness.
S. J. Kubayi
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The Impact of Language Contact on Terminology Development and Orthography in Xitsonga

Language Matters
Languages evolve to address the changing needs of their speakers. One key mechanism of this evolution is the creation of new terminologies. Such terminologies may emerge through coinage or borrowing from other languages, a process that occurs as a result
L. Shirindzi
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Enhancing the vocabulary inventory of Xitsonga in the academic domain by importing from initiation schools and traditional health practice

South African Journal of African Languages, 2023
The article aims to discover how university students and their lecturers can contribute to the valuing of Xitsonga as one of the South African indigenous languages in the academic domain. It focuses on ways of enhancing Xitsonga vocabulary’s inventory in
M. Baloyi
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Examining Noun Bias in the Vocabulary Development of Xitsonga-Speaking Children Aged 16 to 32 Months

First Language
Studies of early lexical development have examined children’s vocabulary composition with the aim of quantifying early preference in the acquisition of nouns, predicates (verbs, adjectives, and adverbs), and closed-class/function words.
Mikateko Ndhambi, Heather Brookes, Michelle Pascoe   +2 more
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