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Githiora, Chege – Journal of African Language Learning and Teaching, 2001
Discusses problems and insights gained during the preparation of a bilingual dictionary of Spanish--a Romance and ultimately Indo-European language--and Swahili, a coastal Bantu language of the Niger-Congo stock of African languages. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: African Languages, Bantu Languages, Dialects, Dictionaries
Hinnebusch, Thomas – Journal of African Language Learning and Teaching, 2001
Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the Yale Online Kamusi project, an electronic Web-based Swahili-English and English-Swahili dictionary. The dictionary is described and checked for comprehensiveness, the adequacy and quality of the glosses and definitions are tested, and a number of recommendations are made to help make it a better and…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bantu Languages, Dictionaries, English
Benjamin, Martin; Biersteker, Ann – Journal of African Language Learning and Teaching, 2001
Discusses the design and implementation of the Kamusi Project Edit Engine, a Web-based software system uniquely suited to the needs of Swahili collaborative lexicography. Describes the edit engine, including organization of the lexicon and the mechanics by which participants use the system, discusses philosophical issues confronted in the design,…
Descriptors: African Languages, Bantu Languages, Computer Software, Dictionaries
