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category: Poster Session: 6 December Session P4: African Languages Poster Session
Abstract: Indigenous knowledge concepts in isiZulu, collected from a variety of sources such as monolingual and bilingual dictionaries can be transformed from alphabetically ordered entries into a hierarchical wordnet structure as a set of relations. The ensuing synsets can further be enriched and lexical gaps filled with information from other cultural resources to transcend the physical limitations of such traditional sources by including definitions, usage examples, pictures and dialect information. The multilingual African Wordnet can be used as important tool in the globalisation of Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, thereby contributing to language empowerment through revitalization of culture and knowledge Resume: I-African Wordnet - imibhalo eyidijithali kanye nokugcinwa kolwazi lwendabuko Kulokhu okwethulwayo kuzovezwa ukuthi amagama esiZulu awulwazi lwendabuko, aqoqwe eqhamuka emithonjeni enhlobonhlobo enjengezichazimazwi ezinolimi olulodwa nezinezilimi ezimbili, angaguqulwa asuke emagameni afakwe ahleleka ngokwe-alfabhethi, abe yisakhiwo samagama ahlelwe ngokwamazinga ehlukahlukene saba yiqoqo eliveza ubudlelwane obukhona phakathi kwawo. Amaqoqo amagama amqondofana (synsets) atholakala kulokhu, aphinde athuthukiswe kuvalwe namagebe aphathelene namagama asolimini ngemininingwane eqhamuka kwezinye izinsiza zezamasiko ukuze kugwenywe ukungapheleli kwemithombo leyo ejwayelekile ngokuthi kufakwe izincazelo, izibonelo zokusetshenziswa kwawo kanye nemininingwane yolimi olusetshenzisiwe. I-African Wordnet enezilimi eziningi ingasetshenziswa njengethuluzi elibalulekile ekusebenzeni kumazwe ngamazwe kwezinhlelo zase-Afrika zolwazi lwendabuko, ngalokho iphonse itshe esivivaneni ekunikezweni kwezilimi amandla ngokuvuselelwa kwamasiko nolwazi.
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