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Dictionary - Mtanthauziramawu: Chichewa / Chinyanja - English //
English - Chichewa / Chinyanja (3rd Edition). The English language
has acquired an important position in the societies of Central and
Southern Africa. However, the vernacular languages have remained
indispensable vehicles of communication. For more than 15 million
people in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe
and South Africa, Chinyanja or Chichewa has become the most
important language of daily life.The language has gained importance
and strength by developments in its written and oral use, and
because an increasing number of its speakers have come to discover
and emphasise their common linguistic heritage and practice. In
that way it has become an intermediary language for all Malawians,
and for many ethnic groups in the whole of Central and Southern
Africa. This edition of the Chichewa / Chinyanja Dictionary has
more than 43,000 entries from and into English. It is an instrument
for Africans and expatriates, foreign workers and visitors,
students and teachers, and for those who deal with English and
Chichewa at a scientific or scholarly level. May it reduce the
language barrier between users of English and of Chichewa /
Chinyanja.
The English-Sepedi/Sepedi-English Bilingual Dictionary is part of the
Pharos entry-level series of bilingual dictionaries for English and the
nine official African languages in South Africa. The dictionary is
suitable for English or Sepedi first or second-language speakers
wishing to learn an additional language. It is easy to use and will
help users build their vocabulary, improve grammar and use common
phrases correctly, whether at school level, in the workplace, as a
tourist, or just for anyone wishing to learn Sepedi.
The Pharos series of bilingual dictionaries supports the Department of
Basic Education’s Language-in-Education Policy to develop and maintain
all the official languages, to promote multilingualism in South Africa,
and to support the teaching and learning of all the official
languages.
Sepedi is part of the SothoTswana subfamily of languages with 9.1%
(4.6m) of the population as mother-tongue speakers and 9.1m second-language
users, 13.8m in total (Stats SA 2011).
This then is the first full dictionary of the earliest Mongol
version of the thirteenth-century moral guide Sa skya Legs bshad
that was compiled in Tibetan by the famous high priest and scholar
Sa skya Pandita, and as such an indispensable tool for the study of
Tibeto-Mongol translation techniques, and Mongol language history
in general. The medieval Mongol translator Sonom Gara's words
written in Uygur letters or printed in Kubilai's Square Script are
listed here in transcription together with an English
interpretation and their equivalents in the Tibetan original.
Parallel passages are quoted from later seventeenth- and
eighteenth-century Mongol translations. The foreword extensively
discusses the strophic structure, notions and values, discrepancies
between the Tibetan and the Middle Mongol versions, Uygur elements
and other peculiarities of Sonom Gara's language.
Bag the perfect A-Level German dictionary this Back to School.
Comprehensive and authoritative, the ideal German to English and
English to German bilingual dictionary for advanced students of
German and professionals, this dictionary has been revised and
updated to cover all the latest changes in both languages. Includes
the latest vocabulary from a wide range of fields, including the
Internet, computing and business. The dictionary also includes
special entries on life and culture in German-speaking countries.
To help you find the correct translation, long and complex entries
are treated in depth and key phrases and set grammatical patterns
are highlighted. The clear layout ensures that you find exactly
what you need quickly and easily. Contains a comprehensive
'Language in Use section': a full guide to written and oral
communication in German.
In the 1990s federal laws were created to encourage the teaching
and speaking of American Indian languages. The "Dictionary of
Jicarilla Apache," developed within the auspices of the Jicarilla
Apache Nation Cultural Preservation Program with support from the
Jicarilla Apache Nation Tribal Council and funding from the
National Science Foundation, provides documentation of Jicarilla
Apache, an Eastern Apachean language, and is intended to provide
the basis for classroom and home teaching of the language. This is
the first large-scale dictionary of any of the Eastern Apachean
languages.
The editors are scholars specializing in Native American
languages who worked with Wilhelmina Phone, Maureen Olson, and
Matilda Martinez, native Jicarilla speakers. Together they created
this dictionary, which will be a valuable teaching and learning
tool for instructing children and young adults in the Jicarilla
Apache community who otherwise have no sustained contact with their
heritage language. Today there are fewer than three hundred native
speakers of Jicarilla Apache, and the majority of them are elderly.
The school-age population is in the hundreds and this dictionary
has been specifically developed to support language learning in
their schools. Other Apachean peoples, as well as linguists and
anthropologists, will find the dictionary useful as well.
Included here are over five thousand entries organized both
alphabetically and by semantic field. The "Dictionary" also
includes a grammatical sketch of the language and a guide to using
the dictionary, in addition to the Jicarilla Apache to English
dictionary, an English to Jicarilla index, and a lexicon organized
according to semantic domainssuch as plants, animals, household
items, etc., and for nouns and for verbs and semantic and
grammatical groupings such as descriptions, activities, and motion
verbs.
Afrikaans-English, English-Afrikaans dictionary with over 28,000
entries. It has numbered senses and idioms, and is a compact
bilingual resource for learners and visitors to South Africa. It
shows parts of speech for every entry to aid correct usage. This
new, concise Afrikaans-English, English-Afrikaans dictionary is
particularly useful for students of language, and for business
purposes. Inexpensive and accessible, it has clear and
comprehensive content, with lists of verb structures, auxiliary
verbs, irregular verbs, and quick and easy reference to over 28,000
entries. A new dictionary for G&G from 2014. A compact
bilingual dictionary for learners of Afrikaans and ideal also for
the visitor as well as the student. Contains a large selection of
up-to-date words.
One of the main cultural consequences of the contacts between Islam
and the West has been the borrowing of hundreds of words, mostly of
Arabic but also of other important languages of the Islamic world,
such as Persian, Turkish, Berber, etc. by Western languages. Such
loanwords are particularly abundant and relevant in the case of the
Iberian Peninsula because of the presence of Islamic states in it
for many centuries; their study is very revealing when it comes to
assess the impact of those states in the emergence and shaping of
Western civilization. Some famous Arabic scholars, above all R.
Dozy, have tackled this task in the past, followed by other
attempts at increasing and improving his pioneering work; however,
the progresses achieved during the last quarter of the 20th c., in
such fields as Andalusi and Andalusi Romance dialectology and
lexicology made it necessary to update all the available
information on this topic and to offer it in English.
The home of trusted Korean dictionaries for everyday language
learning. A handy and affordable Korean to English and English to
Korean reference for every day, including short grammars of Korean
and English. Offers travellers and learners at home, school or in
the office extensive and up-to-date coverage of Korean and English
in a portable format. 27,000 translations. Designed for all those
studying Korean who need maximum information in a handy travel
format. Offers comprehensive and up-to-the-minute coverage of
Korean and English. Delivers the accuracy and reliability you
expect from the Collins name. With natural, idiomatic example
phrases, in-depth treatment of the most important core vocabulary
and help to find the exact translation you want. All Korean words,
phrases and translations are transcribed using the revised Korean
romanization system - ideal for beginners.
This is a comprehensive dictionary of the Hoc/ak language which
contains approximately 4000 entries. The volume features an
introduction to the basics of the phonology, orthography, and
morphology of the Hoc/ak language, written in an easy-to-access
style, explaining linguistic terms so that it can be used by
nonlinguistics."
This is a comprehensive dictionary of the Hoc/ak language which
contains approximately 4000 entries. The volume features an
introduction to the basics of the phonology, orthography, and
morphology of the Hoc/ak language, written in an easy-to-access
style, explaining linguistic terms so that it can be used by
nonlinguistics."
This up-to-date volume, the first Hausa-English dictionary
published in a quarter of a century, is written with language
learners and practical users in mind. With over 10,000 entries, it
primarily covers Standard Nigerian Hausa but also includes numerous
forms from Niger and other dialect areas of Nigeria.
The dictionary includes new Hausa terminology for products, events,
and activities of the modern world. Its definitions show the use of
Hausa words in context, and particular attention is paid to idioms,
figurative meanings, and special usages. As a guide to
pronunciation, headwords and illustrative sentences are fully
marked for tone and vowel length. The book adopts a unique approach
to the presentation of verb forms that clarifies lexical
relationships and their correct usage.
The Scots-English English-Scots Dictionary is a fascinating and
up-to-date guide to the language that developed alongside English
in the northern parts of the British Isles. As well as including
such well-known words as dreich, sassenach, kirk and kittle, it
contains thousands of the other words that have enriched Scotland's
cultural heritage over the centuries.
Die handige, immergewilde Tweetalige Sakwoordeboek bevat die 35 000
frekwentste woorde in Afrikaans en Engels. Trefwoorde word in blou
aangegee en betekenisonderskeidings van dieselfde woord is genommer
sodat gebruikers inligting makliker kan vind. Etikette en
gebruiksleiding help gebruikers verder om die gepaste vertaling vir 'n
woord te kies. By elke trefwoord word die woordsoort aangedui en
fleksievorme, soos meervoude en verledetydsvorme van die trefwoord,
word aangegee in gevalle waar hulle onreelmatig gevorm word. Die
woordeboek is 'n staatmaker in die klaskamer, kantoor, tuis of in die
skooltas.
The English-Russian volume contains about 50,000 terms covering
various fields and subfields of nuclear engineering and technology:
nuclear physics, thermonuclear research, nuclear reactors, nuclear
fuel, isotopes, radiation, reliability and safety issues,
environmental protection, emergency issues, radiation hazards.
Terms from the military nuclear field are also included, as well as
the names of nuclear power plants and nuclear societies worldwide.
It also contains a comprehensive section of about 6,500
abbreviations..
A Dictionary of the Kedang Language presents the first extensive
published record of an Austronesian language on the remote Eastern
Indonesian island of Lembata. A special interest of the dictionary
resides in the fact that Kedang lies on the boundary line between
Austronesian and Papuan languages in Eastern Indonesia. The Kedang
entries are translated first into Indonesian and then into English.
For ease of access, finder lists are provided in Indonesian and in
English. The Introduction situates the language linguistically and
sketches the phonology and morphology, as well as the 'pairing'
(dyadic sets) in ritual and everyday usage of items of vocabulary
characteristic of Kedang.
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