IsiXhosa.click: online, open, user-friendly, and searchable isiXhosa-English dictionary software

Marquard, Cael (2024) IsiXhosa.click: online, open, user-friendly, and searchable isiXhosa-English dictionary software, African Association for Lexicography - 28th International Conference, 35-36, African Association for Lexicography.

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Abstract

IsiXhosa.click is an open-source, online, easy-to-use isiXhosa-English dictionary. It supports typo-tolerant live search, allowing users to find words quickly by typing their first few letters. Word pages provide example sentences, related words, and linguistic information. The software allows users to submit corrections and new vocabulary, which are published after review. IsiXhosa.click is a community-driven, crowd-sourced dictionary project that still enforces quality standards. The website’s database and source code are freely available under open-source licenses.

Item Type:	Other
Additional Information:	Peer-reviewed conference abstract presented at AfriLex 2024. Site described is available at https://isixhosa.click
Uncontrolled Keywords:	IsiXhosa, Lexicography, e-Lexicography, Dictionary, Online Dictionary
Subjects:	Information systems > World Wide Web > Web applications > Crowdsourcing Information systems > Information systems applications > Collaborative and social computing systems and tools > Open source software Applied computing > Education > E-learning Information systems > Information retrieval > Document representation > Dictionaries
Alternate Locations:	https://www.afrilex.co.za/_files/ugd/bd0c6e_369dc939341044a6b4671d36d459717c.pdf
Date Deposited:	08 Aug 2024 08:51
Last Modified:	08 Aug 2024 08:51
URI:	https://pubs.cs.uct.ac.za/id/eprint/1671

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