Rukwangali Orthography 3 / ZoRukwangali Ntjangeso 3

Title: Rukwangali Orthography 3 / ZoRukwangali Ntjangeso 3
Edited by Curriculum Committees for Rukwangali
Publisher: Macmillan Education Namibia Publishers (Pty) Ltd
Windhoek, Namibia 2010
ISBN 9789991608686 / ISBN 978-99916-0-868-6
Softcover, 15 x 21 cm, 76 pages, English and ZoRukwangali text

About: Rukwangali Orthography 3 / ZoRukwangali Ntjangeso 3

This Rukwangali Orthography 3, was revised by the members of the Curriculum Committees for Rukwangali for the years 2004 to 2007 and 2007 to 2010. The Rukwangali Orthography 2, was compiled by J.K. Kloppers and D. Nakare of the Native Language Bureau of the Department of National Education in collaboration with the Rukwangali Language Committee and the Native Language Board.

Contents: Rukwangali Orthography 3 / ZoRukwangali Ntjangeso 3

Foreword
Map of Namibia with thirteen Political Regions and neighbouring countries
Map of Kavango Region
I. THE SPEECH - SOUND SYSTEM
A. VOWELS
1. Short vowels
2. Long vowels
3. Indivisible dissimilar juxtaposed vowels
B. W ANDY ARE WRITTEN IN THE FOLLOWING CASE
1. nominal stems
2. verb stems
3. class prefixes
4. locatives
5. demonstratives
6. possessive pronouns and concords
7. relatives prefixes
8. between vowels of the same and j uxtaposed vowels
C. CONSONANTS
1. Symbols for true Rukwangali consonants
(a) Monographs
(b) Digraphs
(c) Trigraphs
(d) The syllabic consonants m (u) [m]; s (i) [s]
(e) The click c [/]
2. Letters not inherent by Rukwangali
I. INDICATION OF TONE
II. ELISION OF VOWELS
III. PROPER NAMES AND PLACE-NAMES
1. Proper names
2. Biblical names
3. Place-names
IV. THE USE OF CAPITALS
1. At the beginning of a sentence, e.g.
2. The first letter of a proper name
3. Personification
4. Geographical names and place-names, e.g.
5. Adjuct of time, e.g.
6. Names of publications
7. The names of the Deity
V. FOREIGN WORDS AND IDEAS
VI. WORD DIVISION
A. FORMS TO BE WRITTEN CONJUNCTIVELY
1. na-, no-, (and; with, also) in conjunction with
2. nga-, ingo- (like; the as ) in connection with
3. morwa- iporwa (for the sake of) follows the same pattern as na-, no-, nga-, ngo- EXCEPT where monva (because) fills the function as a conjunctive. Then is should be written disjunctively. (See conjunctions)
4. possessive concords gwa-, go-, sa-, lya~, lyo-, etc. in conjunction with nouns and pronouns, e.g.
5. pa- (according to; just like) in conjunction with
6. The relative prefix in conjunction with nouns and adjectives, e.g.
7. The locatives po~, ko-, mo- in conjunction with
8. The interrogative particle -ke in conjunction with nouns, e.g.
9. The infinitive prefix ku- is always written conjunction with nouns, e.g.
10. Kinship terms which are used with the possessive pronoun stems are written conjunctively, e.g.
D. FORMS TO BE WRITTEN DISJUNCTIVELY
1. All parts of the predicate such as subjectival concords, auxiliary verbs, subjectival concords, verbs and others
2. All conjunctions, e.g.
3. The demonstratives in relative sentences
4. All forms of the negative, e.g.
E. THE HYPHEN
1. In long compounds, e.g.
2. In numerals, e.g.
3. Reduplication of the verb stem, e.g.
4. Erugururo lyononkangokwafi nononkangonsingononi
F. RULE FOR DIVIDING WORDS AT THE END OF A LINE
Pronunciation of sounds in Rukwangali orthography
WORD LIST