The IsiXhosa National Lexicography Unit, (formerly Xhosa Dictionary Project) is a culmination of a project of the University of Fort Hare which started in 1968, under the late Prof W H Pahl, as its first Director and Editor-in-Chief
Welcome
Celebrating 50 years
The IsiXhosa National Lexicography Unit, (formerly [Isi]Xhosa Dictionary Project) is a culmination of a project of the University of Fort Hare which started in 1968, under the late Prof W H Pahl, as its first Director and Editor-in-Chief.
Publications
Our publications
- English-Xhosa Maths & Science Dictionary
- Picture Dictionary
- Greater Dictionary of isiXhosa
Our history
The IsiXhosa National Lexicography Unit, (formerly Xhosa Dictionary Project) is a culmination of a project of the University of Fort Hare which started in 1968, under the late Prof W H Pahl, as its first Director and Editor-in-Chief
Discover our journey
Established in 1968, the unit has defined and translated about 40,000 isiXhosa words, squashing the false belief that isiXhosa asitolikwa (isiXhosa cannot be translated).Publications include three volumes of a trilingual (isiXhosa, English and Afrikaans) dictionary.The unit has also published the Isichazi-magama sesiXhosa, a first of its kind dictionary that defines Xhosa words in isiXhosa, and a maths and science dictionary for primary school pupils published in 2014.
Publications
Our work
- English-Xhosa Maths & Science Dictionary
- Picture Dictionary
- Greater Dictionary of isiXhosa
Events
 Second Semester Exams |
 Dictionary Day |
 Dictionary Day |
 Dictionary Day |
 50th Anniversary Celebrations |
 Dictionary Day |
