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ResearchOnStandardisationOfAfricanLanguages

Research on Standardisation of African Languages

Description:

• Large scale researcher with objective of taking snapshot of African languages in their environment

What languages have what resources in terms of:

• Orthography, Keyboards, Fonts
• Dialects, Technical commissions
• Presence of Web etc

Which languages?

• All African languages

Which region?

• All of Africa

Beneficiaries?

• “Everyone”: Institutions, Countries, ACALAN, LLACAN, Speakers, Researchers, Funders, Partners, Civil society.

How?

• Databank – Open Access, Online at LLACAN. Coordinated management other institutions.

Achievable?

• Yes

Risks?

1. Very large
2. Problem to ID languages
3. Number of languages

Assumptions

• Need for collecting and presenting DATA on languages
• Necessity of making viable Lexistring resources available to users

Period:

• 3 years

Who?

• LLACAN, ACALAN, Universities, PanAfricanL10n, Presentations, African language observatory.