Difference between revisions of "Kikuyu"
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| − | *[https://archive.org/details/cu31924026919815 A vocabulary of Kikuyu], translating between Kikuyu and English | + | *[https://archive.org/details/cu31924026919815 A vocabulary of Kikuyu], translating between Kikuyu and English, has been compiled in a book from 1904. It also contains information on several other languages, Swahili and Kamba. The orthography is not today's standard. |
*An [https://glosbe.com/en/ki/ English to Kikuyu] dictionary exists online, but while it has a few words it appears to be very few; it cannot, for example, produce reliable translations for "cat" or "hello". It claims it has "5729350 sentences translated" but it is not clear what that means. It appears that anyone can edit the dictionary to add new words, and it claims that the dictionary does not store words but rather "the idea of what the word means"; it is also unclear what that means exactly. Furthermore, it does not appear to use the standard Kikuyu orthography for the few words it does have. | *An [https://glosbe.com/en/ki/ English to Kikuyu] dictionary exists online, but while it has a few words it appears to be very few; it cannot, for example, produce reliable translations for "cat" or "hello". It claims it has "5729350 sentences translated" but it is not clear what that means. It appears that anyone can edit the dictionary to add new words, and it claims that the dictionary does not store words but rather "the idea of what the word means"; it is also unclear what that means exactly. Furthermore, it does not appear to use the standard Kikuyu orthography for the few words it does have. | ||
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*[http://www.mutiri.com/ This website] appears to be entirely in Kikuyu, and it is not clear what it is, other than that it has [http://www.mutiri.com/njaranda/82009/writers.shtml a page] listing what appear to be biographies of people. | *[http://www.mutiri.com/ This website] appears to be entirely in Kikuyu, and it is not clear what it is, other than that it has [http://www.mutiri.com/njaranda/82009/writers.shtml a page] listing what appear to be biographies of people. | ||
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| + | *[https://issuu.com/m.ngethe/docs/dan_mag_finale_april_insides A Kikuyu magazine of some sort] is available online. | ||
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Revision as of 02:11, 24 January 2017
Contents
Resources
Computational Resources
- A beta version of a spell-checker is downloadable online, as well as https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228831175_Developing_an_Open_Source_Spellchecker_for_Gikuyu an article] on the development of this spell-checker. It does not appear to have been updated since 2010, and the site warns it may not be compatible with current versions of OpenOffice.
Dictionaries
- A vocabulary of Kikuyu, translating between Kikuyu and English, has been compiled in a book from 1904. It also contains information on several other languages, Swahili and Kamba. The orthography is not today's standard.
- An English to Kikuyu dictionary exists online, but while it has a few words it appears to be very few; it cannot, for example, produce reliable translations for "cat" or "hello". It claims it has "5729350 sentences translated" but it is not clear what that means. It appears that anyone can edit the dictionary to add new words, and it claims that the dictionary does not store words but rather "the idea of what the word means"; it is also unclear what that means exactly. Furthermore, it does not appear to use the standard Kikuyu orthography for the few words it does have.
Grammars
- Basic information about Kikuyu's alphabet and orthography can be found online.
Scientific Works
- Kamu Chege et. al. at the University of Nairobi and the University of Antwerp have written an article describing the development of an open-source spellchecker for Kikuyu.
- John J. McCarthy et. al. at the University of Massachusetts - Amherst have written a phonology paper about tone in Kikuyu.
Corpora
- Kikuyu Wikipedia exists, but it appears to be somewhat limited.
- Several online blogs in Kikuyu exist and are available. It is hard to tell what they are about. This blog was used for the development of the open-source Kikuyu spellchecker mentioned above.
- This website appears to be entirely in Kikuyu, and it is not clear what it is, other than that it has a page listing what appear to be biographies of people.
- A Kikuyu magazine of some sort is available online.
