The Nguni form was adopted into South African English with the source-language spelling substantially preserved.
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ubuntu
human-heartedness, compassion, essential humanity; a philosophy associated with these qualities
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedisiZulu · Modern isiZulu · humanity compoundubuntu
humanity; goodness
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A word for humanity or goodness became an English philosophical and ethical term.
The English record is attested by 1926.
Dictionary of South African English Editors
probable — The dictionary names both isiXhosa and isiZulu; the dossier uses isiZulu as one representative route while the canonical graph preserves isiXhosa as a parallel competing donor.
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Ubuntu, nounOrigin; sense a; 1926 citation
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Names isiXhosa and isiZulu origin, humanity and goodness senses, and the 1926 English-language record.
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