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Investigating the comprehension iceberg: Developing empirical benchmarks for early-grade reading in agglutinating African languages

South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
Background: Reading development in agglutinating African languages is a relatively under-researched area. While numerous studies highlight the low comprehension levels among learners reading in African languages in South Africa, little has been done to ...
Nicholas Spaull, Elizabeth Pretorius, Nompumelelo Mohohlwane   +2 more
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#Reloading language programs

The Modern Language Journal, Volume 109, Issue 2, Page 479-487, Summer 2025.
Susan Coetzee‐Van Rooy
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Morphosyntactic features of universal quantifiers in isiZulu and Xitsonga: A comparative study

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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.
Rivalani X. Masonto, Elliot M. Mncwango
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English reading and writing performance of Xitsonga-speaking Grade 7 learners in township schools: A case study

Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, 2010
A clear preference for English as language of teaching and learning (LoLT) is evident in most South African schools. However, discrepancies exist between language policy aims and educational outcomes with regard to the successful acquisition of English ...
Manyike, Tintswalo V., Lemmer, Eleanor M.   +1 more
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Language Policy Implementation For Service Delivery: A Case Study of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
South African local authorities (i.e., local government sector) have a responsibility to develop and strengthen Southern Bantu languages as prescribed by the country’s Constitution.
Khayelihle Phumlani Nkosi, Thabo Ditsele
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Food fortification knowledge in women of child-bearing age at Nkowankowa township in Mopani District, Limpopo Province, South Africa

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2016
Background: Globally, there is evidence that three micronutrients deficiencies are of public health concern among children. They are vitamin A, iodine and iron deficiencies.
Selekane A. Motadi, Vanessa Mbhatsani, Kulani O. Shilote   +2 more
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The use of technology to preserve indigenous languages of South Africa

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Indigenous languages in South Africa must be preserved to ensure that they do not lose their identity and become extinct. The four indigenous languages with the fewest speakers among South Africa’s 12 official languages are: Xitsonga, Siswati, Tshivenḓa ...
Respect Mlambo, Muzi Matfunjwa
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Datasets for South African Languages: Bilingual Aligned and Monolingual Data for Machine Translation

Journal of Open Humanities Data
This data paper describes machine translation datasets built for the Autshumato project. The datasets contain both bilingual aligned data between English and all other official written languages of South Africa, namely Afrikaans (ISO 639-3: afr ...
Tanja Gaustad, Cindy A. McKellar, Martin J. Puttkammer   +2 more
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Towards the marking of noun class 8 and its agreement morpheme in Xitsonga

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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.
Sikheto J. Kubayi
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Exploring the Impact of Centralised Translation Memory in OmegaT Translation Software

Digital Policy Studies
The role of Information Communication Technology (ICT) is crucial in language development. As the technological era evolves, it is important for the language space to keep up with current trends.
Hlamalani Dollence Baloyi
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