Standardized list of isiZulu bird names completed: a first for a South African language other than English and Afrikaans

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Standardized list of isiZulu bird names completed: a first for a South African language other than English and Afrikaans

In a first for any South African language other than English and Afrikaans, a full list of South Africa’s birds has been completed in isiZulu. This is the result of a long consultative process involving many stakeholders and dating back to 2012, and the timing is prescient given that 2022 is the first year of the UN International Decade of Indigenous Languages.

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