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n Lexikos - Online dictionaries on the Internet : an overview for the African languages : research article
Abstract
Dipukuntu ta online te di lego mo Inthaneteng : Ponokakareto ya maleme a Afrika
Morero wo mogolo wa taodiwana ye ya nyakiio ke wo o tiilego ka ge teko e dirilwe ka tebelelo ya kakareto ye e tletego go dipukuntu ka moka ta Inthanete teo di etego di le gona mo malemeng a Afrika. Sa go makata ke gore go ete go na le palo ye nti ya dipukuntu te bjalo mo malemeng a manti gape di na le badirii ba banti. Go hlalowa dipharologantho te bohlokwa ta dipukuntu te le ka moo diphatlalato di dirwago ka gona gare ga maleme a manti a go fapana. Mo karolong ya bobedi go tsebiwa pukuntu ya online ye e lego ya pele gape e lego ya makgonthe ya Afrika Borwa. Le ge e le gore pukuntu ye e hlamilwe ke dirutegi di se kae, e ete e tea sefoka lefaseng ka bophara. Se ke ka lebaka la gore pukuntu ye e dirilwe ka tsela yeo e lego gore dilo di ka beakanywa gore di itwelete ka botona gomme ta lokela batho ka moka bao ba e diriago mo Inthaneteng ka yona nako yeo.
The main purpose of this research article is rather bold, in that an attempt is made at a comprehensive overview of all currently available African-language Internet dictionaries. Quite surprisingly, a substantial number of such dictionaries is already available, for a large number of languages, with a relatively large number of users. The key characteristics of these dictionaries and various cross-language distributions are expounded on. In a second section the first South African online dictionary interface is introduced. Although compiled by just a small number of scholars, this dictionary contains a world's first in that lexicographic customisation is implemented on various levels in real time on the Internet.
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