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2018 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Promoting an Open and Accessible Digital Preservation of Namibian Indigenous Languages
verfasst von : Heinrich Naatwilwe Aluvilu, Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Sarala Krishnamurthy
Erschienen in: Digitisation of Culture: Namibian and International Perspectives
Verlag: Springer Singapore
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Abstract
Namibia is a multilingual nation and, like other African countries, comprises numerous indigenous languages besides its official language, which is English. The national language policy has always recognized the importance of local languages. Despite the fact that all these languages are being used in daily lives, only a handful of them have produced written copies such as language dictionaries and publications for people from indigenous communities. The few resources that are available were created before the digital era, and therefore are not easily accessible nor up to date. Realizing the importance of indigenous languages in Namibia, we intend to develop an online language platform as a basis for language development and preservation. Our proposed solution, a collaborative online open-content dictionary for Namibian indigenous languages which will be collectively maintained by the people of Namibia. Different design techniques and similar existing systems were evaluated together with a group of participants.