Difference between revisions of "Warlpiri"
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*The AuSIL (Australian Society for Indigenous Languages) has an interactive Warlpiri-English dictionary [http://ausil.org/Dictionary/Warlpiri/lexicon/index.htm] that includes a Warlpiri lexicon and English to Warlpiri translations. It appears to be free to download, yet download is not available on the current server. | *The AuSIL (Australian Society for Indigenous Languages) has an interactive Warlpiri-English dictionary [http://ausil.org/Dictionary/Warlpiri/lexicon/index.htm] that includes a Warlpiri lexicon and English to Warlpiri translations. It appears to be free to download, yet download is not available on the current server. | ||
*The Glosbe Dictionary contains 55 phrases translated in English and Warlpiri. The phrases contain usage examples, and anyone can edit their translations [https://glosbe.com/en/wbp/]. Note about licenses: "Some of data we present is licensed with CC-BY-SA, some is FDL, some comes with custom license. Data source is always indicated next to data if it is needed due to the license." [https://glosbe.com/about] There is also a free API that can be used [https://glosbe.com/a-api]. | *The Glosbe Dictionary contains 55 phrases translated in English and Warlpiri. The phrases contain usage examples, and anyone can edit their translations [https://glosbe.com/en/wbp/]. Note about licenses: "Some of data we present is licensed with CC-BY-SA, some is FDL, some comes with custom license. Data source is always indicated next to data if it is needed due to the license." [https://glosbe.com/about] There is also a free API that can be used [https://glosbe.com/a-api]. | ||
| + | *A list of Warlpiri words, including English translations: [http://catalogue.aiatsis.gov.au/client/en_AU/external/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:401933/ada?qu=warlpiri&te=ILS] No license necessary. | ||
===Grammatical Descriptions=== | ===Grammatical Descriptions=== | ||
*The Omniglot encyclopedia includes a short grammatical description of Warlpiri: [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/warlpiri.htm] No license necessary. | *The Omniglot encyclopedia includes a short grammatical description of Warlpiri: [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/warlpiri.htm] No license necessary. | ||
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*Sample paragraph of Warlpiri from Omniglot Encyclopedia, including the English translation. No license necessary. [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/warlpiri.htm] | *Sample paragraph of Warlpiri from Omniglot Encyclopedia, including the English translation. No license necessary. [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/warlpiri.htm] | ||
*New testament in Warlpiri, available in other translations including English. No license necessary. [https://www.bible.com/bible/1355/jhn.1] | *New testament in Warlpiri, available in other translations including English. No license necessary. [https://www.bible.com/bible/1355/jhn.1] | ||
| + | *A series of short stories by AIATSIS Australian Indigenous Languages Collection Informants, available electronically: [http://catalogue.aiatsis.gov.au/client/en_AU/external/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:400826/ada?qu=warlpiri&te=ILS] | ||
===Other=== | ===Other=== | ||
*David Nash has compiled a list of Warlpiri references, dictionaries, and literature: [http://www.anu.edu.au/linguistics/nash/aust/wlp/wlp-lx-ref.html] | *David Nash has compiled a list of Warlpiri references, dictionaries, and literature: [http://www.anu.edu.au/linguistics/nash/aust/wlp/wlp-lx-ref.html] | ||
Revision as of 18:08, 23 January 2017
Here I will document the resources for Warlpiri.
Kinds of resources to investigate:
- computational resources (spell checkers, orthography converters, speech recognition software),
- dictionaries/phrasebooks/glossaries (multilingual and monolingual, online and paper),
- grammatical descriptions (theoretical and pædagogical),
- scientific works (papers, books, websites), and
- corpora (any collection of authentic text, linguistically annotated or not)
Contents
Resources
Your task is to find any resources possible, categorise them appropriately, provide a short description, list licenses, and work to obtain any resources that are not immediately available that would appear to be useful.
Computational Resources
Dictionaries/Phrasebooks
- The AuSIL (Australian Society for Indigenous Languages) has an interactive Warlpiri-English dictionary [1] that includes a Warlpiri lexicon and English to Warlpiri translations. It appears to be free to download, yet download is not available on the current server.
- The Glosbe Dictionary contains 55 phrases translated in English and Warlpiri. The phrases contain usage examples, and anyone can edit their translations [2]. Note about licenses: "Some of data we present is licensed with CC-BY-SA, some is FDL, some comes with custom license. Data source is always indicated next to data if it is needed due to the license." [3] There is also a free API that can be used [4].
- A list of Warlpiri words, including English translations: [5] No license necessary.
Grammatical Descriptions
- The Omniglot encyclopedia includes a short grammatical description of Warlpiri: [6] No license necessary.
- The AuSIL has a description of Warlpiri, including its sounds and abbreviations:[7] No license necessary.
- Syntax - Theory and and Analysis (Kiss, 2015) includes a chapter about the grammatical structures of Walpiri [8]
Scientific Works
- The AuSIL also contains links to four papers by Stephen Swartz (1982), regarding Warlpiri clauses, propositional particles, verb roots, and verbal clauses, in photocopied PDF form [9] No license is necessary to download it.
- Jane Simpson is a researcher at the Australian National University who has published many papers on Warlpiri, including her PhD thesis "Aspects of Warlpiri Morphology and Syntax" [10] No license is necessary to download it.
- Jane Simpson's book Warlpiri Morpho-Syntax (1991) is available in McCabe: [11]
Corpora
- Sample paragraph of Warlpiri from Omniglot Encyclopedia, including the English translation. No license necessary. [12]
- New testament in Warlpiri, available in other translations including English. No license necessary. [13]
- A series of short stories by AIATSIS Australian Indigenous Languages Collection Informants, available electronically: [14]
Other
- David Nash has compiled a list of Warlpiri references, dictionaries, and literature: [15]
