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isiZulu – International year of indigenous languages
SADiLaR dedicated the month of February to celebrate isiZulu as an official language of South Africa. EVENTS: 1 March: Celebration event at the University of Kwazulu-Natal: Celebrating isiZulu as an official language of South Africa Sigubha ulimi lesiZulu njengolimi olusemthethweni eNingizimu Afrika ISIMO SALO MHLANGANO Ukuvula Nokwamukelwa Ukwethulwa Kwe-SADiLaR Nenhloso Yomcimbi Ukusina Kwesintu/Umculo Wesintu Isikhulumi Sosuku…
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isiXhosa – International year of indigenous languages
SADiLaR dedicated the month of September to celebrate isiXhosa as an official language of South Africa. EVENTS: 20 September 2019: Celebration event at the Amazwi South African Museum of Literature in Grahamstown UMSITHO WOKUGCOLODELA INKQCUBEKO Umgomo: Uluncwadi bubudlelwane, ubudlelwane luncwadi! (Social Cohesion through literature) Umphathi-nkqubo: Mnu. Mafa Bavuma ISIGABA SOKUQALA 08:30- 09:00: Ubhaliso nesidlo sakusasa 09:00-09:30: Impungo! Impungo!…
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Celebration of the official languages of South Africa
Celebration of South African languages As part of UNESCO’s 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL2019), SADiLaR celebrated the 11 official languages of South Africa by assigning each language to a month of the 2019. SADiLaR hosted collaborative events at various universities in South Africa. Each celebration event was unique and offered mother tongue speakers of…
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Announcement: SADiLaR’s project manager elected to serve The Carpentries
The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is proud to announce that our project manager, Mr Juan Steyn, was elected as one of the Executive Council members of The Carpentries project for 2019. The Carpentries project plays a fundamental role in providing worldwide training with the mission of teaching foundational computational and data…
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Text-to-speech technology offers youngster a suitable voice
Text-to-speech technology offers youngster a suitable voice In May this year, Carte Blanche aired a programme on text-to-speech (TTS) technology and voice banking which featured an insert on Alexander Avenant, a learner at New Hope School in Pretoria. Alexander, at that stage, used the CSIR’s Qfrency adult male Afrikaans TTS voice with augmentative and alternative communication software,…
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SADiLaR visits with European CLARIN centres
SADiLaR visits with European CLARIN centres Over the course of September and October, SADiLaR’s technical manager, Dr Roald Eiselen, visited with various European centres that form part of the Common Language Resource Infrastructure (CLARIN). The aim of the visits was to establish connections that will lead to future cooperation and collaboration with entities performing activities…
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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
Celebration of South African languages Language forms the heart and soul of communication, traditions, social integration, and education. Language also plays a vital role in representing various cultures and traditions, as well as capturing the history of a community. There are more than 6000 languages spoken in the world, but, at this very moment, many…
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University of South Africa (UNISA): Language Resource Development Node
https://youtu.be/JL77Yvmq610 South Africa, with its rich diversity of eleven official languages, is a potential emerging market where language technology (LT) applications can contribute to the promotion of multilingualism and language development, and as such have a positive impact on the South African community. But for effective LT applications in South Africa’s indigenous languages key language…
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CSIR Meraka Institute (Voice Computing (VC) Research Group)
The CSIR Meraka Institute focuses on shaping South Africa’s digital future and is known for the research, development and innovation in the information and communication technology sector. Within the Institute, the Voice Computing (VC) Research Group focuses on solving communication challenges that South Africa face as a result of the lack of language resources and data. The…
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Integrating the RMA into SADiLaR with new technologies
Over the past five years the Language Resource Management Agency (RMA) has been the central repository for the distribution and management of language resources, data and software tools, for the official languages of South Africa. The RMA has provided an excellent foundation for SADiLaR to build on. With the knowledge and skills obtained from the…
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