Coauthored by Dr Zakeera Docrat (Chair of ILAF) & Dr Conrad Steenkamp (CEO of Afrikaans Taalraad) When we think of heritage, the first thoughts that spring to mind are culture, family, ancestry and language. We should consider language, culture and heritage as unitary. We celebrate our mother tongues on 21 February (UNESCO) as part…
Koketso Sachane of SAfm The Meeting Point in conversation with ILAF Chair, Dr Zakeera Docrat. Dr Docrat described Ilaf as a bottom up network of educators, artists and activists for the promotion of indigenous languages alongside English in the country. Docrat said language is central to the legal system of South Africa. Language is fundamental…
The Indigenous Languages Action Forum (ILAF) is excited to announce changes in our steering committee. Prof. Monwabisi Ralarala, former ILAF chairperson, will now serve as ILAF’s first patron as from 23 April. He is also the dean of the Arts & Humanities at the University of the Western Cape and chair of the South African…
Sincokola no Nkosazana Asembese Mkumatela ofundisa e Nelson Mandela University. Sincokola ngokufundisa iAfrikaans. UNkosazana Mkumatela webeswa ngesidanga sakhe e Stellenbosch University kulonyaka. Izifundo zakhe zangaphantsi wazifunda eQonce naseRhini.
Indigenous Languages Action Forum is pleased to learn about the new Unisa Multilingual Proverbs Dictionary. ILAF enjoys posting indigenous language proverbs on social media as there is much to learn from proverbs in indigenous languages. Unisa’s Multilingual Proverbs Dictionary was launched on the 24th of March 2023. Unisa called the dictionary one of a kind…
isiXhosa & English Learning-Material-version-1 Natural Sciences & Technology Grade 4 : iBanga lesi-4 science-dictionary-sotho (1) Dept of Arts and Culture multilingual terms (English, Afrikaans, Sesotho, Sepedi, Setswana)
Grade 1-3 Gr 1-3 TMU Maths English-Sepedi DictionaryCAPS MATHS SEPEDI Grade 1- 3 FS MATHS SEPEDI Grade 1- 3 FS Dept. Arts & Culture Multilingual Mathematics Dictionary Grade R – 6 11 Official Languages Grades: R-6 Multilingual Mathematics-dictionary-r-6
Puku Book Catalogue Catalogues You may download Puku Children’s Book Catalogue here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w7aAEE5PrLfgf4gC60e6c2Hkm_G7FCER/view Catalogue of Afrikaans, English, Xhosa, Zulu, Tsonga, Ndebele, Sepedi, Sotho, Swati, Tsivenda books https://www.biblionefsa.org.za/view-catalogue/
Dr Nkoala interviews Vusi Ntlakana of SARS about the 450 multilingual terminology publication developed by SARS in 11 SA official languages.
