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Download or read book Zulu Names written by Adrian Koopman and published by University of Kwazulu Natal Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Koopman (Zulu, U. of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa) provides a rich resource for the socio-linguistic dimensions of Zulu names. The text will be of interest not just to specialists in onomastics (the study of names), but to any studying Zulu culture. Following a discussion of the traditions behind personal and place names and their linguistics is a catalog of names that include personal, animal, plant, birds, schools, homesteads, and the months and days. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR