Preparing an isiNdebele LSP Dictionary: From Idea to design

Mahlangu, Sponono and Marquard, Cael (2025) Preparing an isiNdebele LSP Dictionary: From Idea to design, Proceedings of African Association for Lexicography - 29th International Conference, 2-5 July 2025, Cape Town, South Africa, 42-43, African Association for Lexicography.

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Abstract

This article discusses the plan for the compilation of an online IsiNdebele Dictionary, an isiNdebele Language Special Purposes (LSP). IsiNdebele is a lesser resourced language with a very limited corpora available. The isiNdebele LSP dictionary will be the first online dictionary that will be compiled by the isiNdebele Dictionary Unit. The software for the proposed online dictionary will be adapted from the isiZulu. The dictionary will be made available through an online software interface. It will be an open source and will be tailored to the isiNdebele grammar, bird terminology list, covid-19 terminology list and other terminology lists. Its online interface will be in isiNdebele and it is appropriate for mobile use.

Item Type:	Conference paper
Uncontrolled Keywords:	IsiNdebele, Lexicography, e-Lexicography, Dictionary, Online Dictionary
Subjects:	Information systems > Information systems applications > Collaborative and social computing systems and tools > Open source software Information systems > Information retrieval > Document representation > Dictionaries
Alternate Locations:	https://www.afrilex.co.za/_files/ugd/bd0c6e_26ce7c948ecf4c7283d0edc600ec69fa.pdf
Date Deposited:	13 Oct 2025 12:25
Last Modified:	13 Oct 2025 12:25
URI:	https://pubs.cs.uct.ac.za/id/eprint/1742

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