Difference between revisions of "Biak"

Revision as of 14:23, 31 March 2021

Developed Resources

• Corpus repository
• Biak Keyboard
• Grammar Documentation
• Biak Transducer
• Biak Disambiguation

External Resources

Computational Resources

Dictionaries

1. Dictionary and several texts with English translations

   • A dictionary database in Toolbox format for a series of transcribed texts.
   • "freely available in digital form for further linguistic analysis."

2. Talking dictionary

   • Online dictionary tool with 342 word entries and 336 corresponding audio files.
   • Copyright © 2016 Biak community

3. Dictionary wordlist

   • Online dictionary for approximately 688 entries in 'Numfor' dialect.

4. Biak lexicon, available in PDF

   • A photocopied dictionary.

Grammatical Descriptions

1. Description of phonology/morphology/syntax of Biak

   • Phonology, Morphology, and Syntax resources on Biak.

2. PhD dissertation written on Biak

   • A description of the Biak language.

3. Grammar of Biak by Wilco van den Heivel, available in PDF form.

   • Grammatical description of Biak.

Scientific Works

1. Grammatical borrowing in Biak

   • A description of grammatical borrowing in Biak.

2. Number in Biak; Counterevidence to two alleged language universals

   • A survey of how number is indicated in the morphology and syntax of Biak.

Corpora

1. Biak prayers and songs

   • Text and audio versions of prayers and their English translations.
   • Content © 2010-12 The Language Documentation Group / Dr W. van den Heuvel

2. Collection of texts, with English glosses

   • A collection of 64 excerpts of Biak, 24 of which include English translations. Includes XML format of texts which is suitable for computational purposes.
   • "freely available in digital form for further linguistic analysis."

3. Website with Biak text

   • A webpage for Jehovah's Witnesses completely translated into Biak.
   • Copyright © 2021 Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania.

General Resouces

1. OLAC page