[Ubuntu-US-CA] OSCON

[Daniel Holbert]

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.
>