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HAT (Verklarende Handwoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal) (FF Odendal & RH Gouws)
("'n Omvattende verklarende Afrikaanse woordeboek met betekenisomskrywings")
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Afrikaans-Engels/Engels-Afrikaans Woordeboek
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Oxford Afrikaans-Engels English-Afrikaans Skoolwoordeboek School Dictionary "Designed to enable learners to write and speak effectively and competently in their additional language, this up-to-date and easy-to-use dictionary focuses on overcoming learners' most common difficulties."
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Online/ElectronicAfrikaans - English Microsoft Terminology New October 2014 Online searchable version of Microsoft's Afrikaans - English terminology (site not affiliated with Microsoft), published using tlTerm
Longman-HAT Language Portal "In September 2012 stel Longman-HAT sy nuwe webtuiste bekend - ’n groeiende versameling woordeboeke wat jy net hier op jou rekenaar, tablet of selfoon kan raadpleeg, pus ’n taalportaal spesiaal vir Afrikaans- en Engelsonderwysers, leerders en taalliefhebbers"
Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls Official spelling and grammar list by 'Die Afrikaanse Taalkommissie' (the Afrikaans Language Commission)
Pharos Dictionaries Online / Pharos Woordeboeke Aanlyn Over 20 titles online
WAT Aanlyn (Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal) Large multi-volume historical dictionary of Afrikaans
Online Afrikaans to English and English to Afrikaans dictionary
Online/ElectronicCilubà-French Dictionary A new bilingual Cilubà (Tshiluba) - French dictionary by N.S. Kabuta et al.
Cilubà-Brazilian Portuguese Dictionary A blog/dictionary by Samanta.
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Oxford Bilingual School Dictionary IsiXhosa and English (Gilles-Maurice de Schryver et al.) New (2014) modern Xhosa - English bilingual dictionary with many useful features, such as real (corpus-based) usage examples, most frequent words indicated, detailed part of speech and grammatical information and word sense breakdowns, and more
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English-Xhosa Dictionary (Arnold Fischer)
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The Greater Dictionary of isiXhosa "A comprehensive trilingual (IsiXhosa, English, Afrikaans) dictionary that promotes multilingualism and indigenous languages was launched on the 22nd of September 2006, at the University of Fort Hare."
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Online/ElectronicXhosa - English Microsoft Terminology New October 2014 Online searchable version of Microsoft's Xhosa - English terminology (site not affiliated with Microsoft), published using tlTerm
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Oxford Bilingual School Dictionary: Zulu and English / Isichazamazwi Sesikole: isiZulu - isiNgisi (Gilles-Maurice de Schryver et al.) New (2010) and revised 2015, modern Zulu - English bilingual dictionary with many useful features, such as real (corpus-based) usage examples, most frequent words indicated, detailed part of speech and grammatical information and word sense breakdowns, and more
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English-Zulu, Zulu-English (CM Doke, D McK Malcolm, JMA Sikakana, BW Vilakazi)
("The most comprehensive English-Zulu/Zulu-English dictionary available. Complete with notes on the new orthography, it is an invaluable reference for students of Zulu, Zulu speaking students of English and linguists working in the Zulu language")
[ Buy from Kalahari.net ]Scholars Zulu dictionary: English-Zulu/Zulu-English (GR Dent, CLS Nyembezi)
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Online/ElectronicZulu - English Microsoft Terminology New October 2014 Online searchable version of Microsoft's Zulu - English terminology (site not affiliated with Microsoft), published using tlTerm
Zulu - English / English - Zulu Dictionary Online Zulu - English / English - Zulu dictionary.
Zulu - English / English - Zulu Dictionary Downloadable Zulu - English / English - Zulu dictionary.
Jason Wolfe's Useful Zulu Medical Dictionary "Important Zulu Medical Words - Their Pronunciation and Translation."
Online/ElectronicSwahili - English Dictionary (DOWNLOADABLE)
Software installable version of the below-mentioned dictionary, with various interesting and useful features, such as Microsoft Word integration.Swahili - English Dictionary
Free to use online Swahili - English dictionary, has been expanded and recently updated (2006-10) to include over 15,000 Swahili to English entries, and many more in the English index.
-> Unlike in standard (stem-based) dictionaries, Swahili words can be looked up as they are spoken or written. This dictionary is being created/compiled by Pitta Joffe, Sarah Hillewaert, Gilles-Maurice de Schryver and David Joffe. A 15-million-word electronic Swahili corpus, built by Gilles-Maurice de Schryver and David Joffe, is being used. This work in progress is being compiled using David Joffe's lexicography software TshwaneLex, and is online since 10 May 2004.The Kamusi Project The Internet Living Swahili Dictionary
BooksSouth African Oxford Multilingual Primary Dictionary (Sotho) (OUPSA)
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Online/ElectronicBUKANTSWE: Online Sesotho - English Dictionary / Bukantswe ya Sesotho le Senyesemane Southern Sotho - English online bilingual dictionary with over 10,000 entries, by Jako Olivier
BUKANTSWE: Electronic Sesotho - English Dictionary BUKANTSWE is a downloadable computer program that can be used as a dictionary between English and Sesotho. Over 10,000 entries. Created by Jako Olivier.
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Oxford Bilingual School Dictionary: Northern Sotho and English / Pukuntšu ya Polelopedi ya Sekolo: Sesotho sa Leboa le Seisimane. E gatišitšwe ke Oxford (Gilles-Maurice de Schryver et al.) New (2007), modern Northern Sotho - English bilingual dictionary with many interesting and useful features, such as real usage examples at every entry (mostly corpus-based), most frequent words indicated, detailed part of speech and grammatical information, proper word sense breakdowns etc.
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Popular Northern Sotho dictionary (DJ Prinsloo, BP Sathekge, TJ Kriel) Northern Sotho - English, English - Northern Sotho.
(This remains one of the most useful dictionaries if you are learning Northern Sotho (or are Northern Sotho speaking and learning English).)
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Online/ElectronicNorthern Sotho - English Microsoft Terminology New October 2014 Online searchable version of Microsoft's Northern Sotho - English terminology (site not affiliated with Microsoft), published using tlTerm
Online Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa) - English dictionary
New (22 April 2003). Over 24900 Sesotho sa Leboa to English entries.
(This online dictionary is compiled within the framework of Simultaneous Feedback).Pukuntšutlhaloši ya Sesotho sa Leboa ka Inthanete /
Online Explanatory Sesotho sa Leboa Dictionary
New (10 June 2004) online monolingual Northern Sotho dictionary.Linguistics Terminology: Northern Sotho - English
Birds and Trees List: English to Northern Sotho (Flora and Fauna)
BooksSouth African Oxford Multilingual Primary Dictionary (Sotho) (OUPSA)
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Online/ElectronicSetswana - English Microsoft Terminology New October 2014 Online searchable version of Microsoft's Setswana - English terminology (site not affiliated with Microsoft), published using tlTerm
BooksSouth African Oxford Multilingual Primary Dictionary (Nguni) (OUPSA)
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Venda Dictionary (Van Warmelo) Venda - English, 490 pages.
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