This multilingual generic academic wordlist has been developed to serve as a resource to students to assist with building a vocabulary and decoding academic texts. Examples for use include analyses of topic assignments, other academic tasks, and even questions in exam papers or tests. It is important to note that this resource should be used in a pedagogically well-planned and integrated manner and not only provided on the side with the hope that students will use it. The wordlist is available in all official written SA languages. It contains 2 427 terms with their part of speech indicated as well as definitions and usage examples. It may be used under the Creative Commons license, which allows for free distribution and use of the resource provided that ICELDA and SADiLaR are always acknowledged and that no commercial value may result from the use of this resource.