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Zulu language

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Zulu language: see African languages African languages, geographic rather than linguistic classification of languages spoken on the African continent. Historically the term refers to the languages of sub-Saharan Africa, which do not belong to a single family, but are divided among several distinct
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The players are of various races, but the parts of the song in the Zulu language, spoken by large sections of the country's black population, are sung timidly.
For instance, in English the Zulu are referred to as a "tribe", in the Zulu language, however, the word for the Zulu as a group is "isizwe", which more closely translates to "nation" or "people"; hence, "Umkhonto weSizwe" is "Spear of the Nation" not "Spear of the Tribe.
Although not all of the beadwork exchanged between intimates contains coded messages, and the shapes and patterns used on those that do are highly variable over time and space, the symbolism of the colors is fairly consistent, owing to the fact that it is rooted in the Zulu language and its idiomatic expressions (Mthethwa 1988:35).
 
 
 
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