Description
Covers the history and beginning of the development of isiZulu spelling rules and orthography and highlights the role of isiZulu academics and missionaries in the development of isiZulu writing. There are detailed chapters on spelling rules and orthography, writing symbols, phonetics, capitalisation, place names, editing and proofreading.
Abednego Mandlenkosi Maphumulo is an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Maphumulo formerly taught IsiZulu at the University of Zululand and the University of Pretoria before joining the University of KwaZulu-Natal. He is a member of IsiZulu National Language Body (IsiZulu NLB) and has published numerous literary works.