Dirk Ziervogel
Dirk Ziervogel (born November 12, 1917 - March 26, 1977 ) was a South African linguist .
Life
Ziervogel has studied and cataloged various native languages in South Africa and southern Africa . He wrote the first Zulu grammar after carefully studying and analyzing the language.
He also wrote several dictionaries for other native languages .
Fonts
- A Grammar of Northern Transvaal Ndebele, etc. 1959
- A Grammar of Swazi, siSwati . 1952
- A handbook of the Northern Sotho language .
- A handbook of the Zulu language , 1967
- The Eastern Sotho. A tribal, historical and linguistic survey, with ethnographic notes, of the Pai, Kutswe and Pulana Bantu tribe , 1954
- Klein Noord-Sotho woordeboek , 1971
- Linguistic and Literary Achievement in the Bantu Languages of South Africa
- Aspek as uitdrukkingsmiddel van handeling. Simposium gereël deur die Komitee vir Wetenskaplike Aangeleenthede van die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika , Pretoria 1958
Web links
- African and Afrikaner history (English: African and African History )
- A grammar of Northern Transvaal Ndebele (English: A Grammar of Northern Transvaal Ndebele )
- From the South African Academy of Science and Art, 1978 - African Studies: Prof. D. Ziervogel (posthumous) ( Memento from December 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (afrikaans: 1978 - Afrikanistiek: prof. D. Ziervogel (postuum) )
- Ornamental bird in the Dutch National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ziervogel, Dirk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African linguist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1917 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 1977 |