thalamuxtech/ebira.net

# Ebira.net **The digital home for the Ebira language, its people, and its diaspora.** *Ẹ́bírà lives here.* --- Ebira is spoken by ~4 million people, yet has almost no digital footprint — absent from NLLB-200, Common Voice, and FLEURS. Ebira.net is the open platform that changes that: **preserve** the language, **engage** the diaspora, **enable** education and research. A Haleyouth Foundation programme. ## Features | Pillar | Status | |---|---| | 🏠 Landing — nine pillars, roadmap, waitlist (offline-capable) | ✅ Live | | 📖 Dictionary — search, dialect filters (Tao · Etuno · Igu), entry pages | 🔍 Preview | | 🔁 Translator — dictionary-backed EN ↔ Ebira with confidence badges | 🔍 Preview | | 🎙️ Contribute — consent-first submissions with offline queue | 🔍 Preview | | 🧩 Heritage · 🎓 Learn · 🏛️ History · 👥 People · 🌍 Diaspora | 🚧 In design | Light/dark themes · WCAG-minded · tone-mark-safe self-hosted fonts · `prefers-reduced-motion` respected. ## Quick start ```bash npm install npm run dev # localhost npm run build # production build ``` ## Stack Next.js (App Router) · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS v4 · Framer Motion · Firebase (Auth, Firestore, Storage) ## Governance & licensing Content is reviewed by native speakers; the Chief Language Advisor (Ebira Development Project, Okene) is the authority on orthography. Contributors consent at submission and are credited. **Open by default:** data CC BY 4.0 · code Apache 2.0 · dataset cards CC0. --- Built openly with the Ebira community, at home and in the diaspora. **Join the waitlist →**