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

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natural language processing

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dataset
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Wal
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Zenodo
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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. -Note: This talk has not gone through a process of peer review, and findings should therefore be treated as preliminary and subject to change. -Acknowledgement and citation: Walker, John B. 2024. Practicing Lexicography in the Mara Bantu Languages of Tanzania: Methodology and Tools. Talk Given at Rift Valley Webinar Series 18/09/2024.

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Languages of TanzaniaTanzanian Rift ValleyMara RegionBantulexicographydictionary-making

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