Portophon/GuineLex

Swadesh lists of Guinea-Bissau Kriyol and Guinea's native languages # Welcome to GuineLex (Released in [propor2024.citius.gal]) GuineLex is an online corpus of the lexicon and phonology of the native languages of Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Bissau Kriyol. This repository assembles a total of 207 words per language, corresponding to Swadesh list items (Swadesh 1955). These items are considered more universal across languages and more frequent within each particular language and it is a typical basis for phonological, lexical, and genealogical studies. The database includes a broad phonetic transcription of aligned items across languages, as well as Portuguese, English, and Kriyol orthography. Databases like this are also instrumental in language documentation and conservation. # How to use GuineLex Users can browse or search lexical items or any particular features provided by clicking on "GuineaLex.csv" above and using the tab "search this file". Data can be downloaded by clicking the code button and then download zip. Language glottocodes and ISO codes are also provided under "languages.csv". If you use GuineaLex in your research, please cite appropriately, following the recommended citation below. # How to cite GuineLex Silva, C., Afonso, A., Machado, S., Cunha, S., Marques, T., Fernandes, A., Gianfranchi, G., Júnior, M., Borges, E., Martins, L., Zardo, V., Lima, M., Mendes, R. & Trigo, L. 2024. GuineLex: Lexicon and phonology of the languages of Guinea-Bissau. Porto: CLUP-Centro de Linguística da Universidade do Porto.