Most say there is no apostrophe but I've seen people spell it this way, I just don't know if it's correct. They said that it should be spelled this way because it came from the contraction of Old Tagalog words datapwan at / ngunin at / sapagkan at / subalin at. Maybe this is true or it could be obsolete, idk.
If you could provide credible link to support this, even if it's just true in the past, it would be a big help.
Nguni't, subali't and datapuwa't are words contracted with "at" (and).
Subali means objection/reservation. Datapuwa is possibly cognate with malay tapi/tatapi that means "but".
Now what does nguni mean?
Also what is the purpose of "at" here? Eg. Difference of datapuwa and datapuwa't?
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###WormNet
December 8th, 2029
Ndebele Protests Take Inspiration From Zulu Uprising; Foreign Meddling Uncovered Within Xhosa Communities
> BULAWAYO (WormNet) - Over 2 years ago, the CPAU Politburo made the decision to respect cultural autonomy after the IFP began to organize itself in KwaZulu-Natal. Since then, the Ndebele People in Matabeleland have followed a similar pathway. However, Matabeleland has already received Republic status within Azania, so demands for autonomy do not mirror those provided by Republic status or those provided to the IFP in KwaZulu-Natal. Instead, the Ndebele People have begun agitating for the right to form an ethnic militia that can perform peacekeeping within the Matabeleland Republic. They have seized government buildings and initiated largely peaceful protests in order to demand precisely this right.
> However, a similar attempt seems to have failed to get off the ground among the Xhosa. Whereas the Ndebele uprising appears to have been organic and organized over several years, a similar series of protests in Xhosa-populated regions bear the mark of foreign interference, and have failed to attract popular support. Which actor could be responsible for this failure to organize remains a mystery, but these revelations have cast perhaps-undeserved doubt on the gains achieved by the IFP and those sought by Ndebele leaders, much to the consternation of both groups.
