LL-L: "Thechnological heritage" [E] LOWLANDS-L, 17.SEP.1999 (03)

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From: $ Elsie Zinsser [ezinsser at simpross.co.za]
Subject: LL-L: "Technological heritage" (was "Etymology")

Haai, Laaglanders!

I assume that all kinds of tools and farming implements could be added
under this heading?

I am in contact with a Zimbabwean whose mother tongue is Ndebele
(Sindebele) and speaks
Shona as second language. Recently at a luncheon, instead of discussing
vintages or how well a
phiri-phiri chicken-liver starter went down, we discussed the Afrikaans
influences on other African
languages to the north.

Perhaps it is not widely known but areas, as far north as Kenya, were
populated by Afrikaans
speakers who refused to live under British rule after the English War
(1899-1902). A few thousand
people have also immigrated to Patagonia, Argentina.

Here are a few husbandry terms in Ndebele and in Shona that probably
originated from Afrikaans:

Afrikaans   Ndebele   Shona

strop     Isitiropo    Chitorobho
skei [jukskei]    Isikeyi    Chikeyi
terug! [for cattle]   diritshi!   dhirichi!
juk     Joko    Joko

It would be interesting to know if such influences have also occurred in
languages further north in Africa or in Argentina.

Regards!

Elsie Zinsser

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