What’s the isiZulu for dinosaur? How science neglected African languages
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How to Write a Scientific Article About a Dinosaur
Sipesiso piela speaks his native zulu, or is zulu, as it's known in south africa. He was asked to write an article about the dinosaur which had recently been presented in a research paper in his native Zulu. But he didn't have the words for relatively simple scientific terms like fossil or even dinosar.
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