Man invents almost 500 new Zulu words to describe contemporary concepts

Source: The South African

How do you recycle in Zulu? Until recently, you simply couldn’t – at least linguistically speaking.

The fact of the matter is that indigenous African languages such as Zulu lack many of the modern terms we take for granted in the English language when referring to everyday concepts. But Zulu speakers cannot, for instance, discuss how global warming affects the planet on the Internet while waiting at airports – until now. More >>