Just to get to an authoritative source on this issue -- quoting http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/faq/ :
Ubuntu, **an African word from Zulu and Xhosa** That FAQ page also cites both Wikipedia and an academic paper as a good description of the Ubuntu concept... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Afri/AfriLouw.htm ...and both of those claim that it's a Zulu word, and make no mention of Xhosa. ~Daniel On 05/15/2009 09:27 AM, Nathan Haines wrote: > On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 03:19 -0700, Grant Bowman wrote: >> It is far more important to me that we get this application submitted >> to ensure we get space than the wording. Can you please just >> S/Zulu/African/ and send the application? > > "African" is not a language, and ubuntu was original a Xhosa word if I > recall correctly. > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
