Practicing Lexicography in the Mara Bantu Languages of Tanzania: Methodology and Tools

SIL Tanzania has been working with three different Bantu languages in the Mara region of Tanzania to develop dictionary products for the communities. This presentation will explain the methodology for collecting words in the languages, the process that is used to develop dictionaries from the collected data and the tools that facilitate that process.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2024-09-18
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13921534
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Lexicography and Language Studies
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Practicing Lexicography in the Mara Bantu Languages of Tanzania: Methodology and Tools

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Practicing Lexicography in the Mara Bantu Languages of Tanzania: Methodology and Tools

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Abstract

SIL Tanzania has been working with three different Bantu languages in the Mara region of Tanzania to develop dictionary products for the communities. This presentation will explain the methodology for collecting words in the languages, the process that is used to develop dictionaries from the collected data and the tools that facilitate that process.

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