Online Chakma Dictionary
8th December 2008
UJI sources
Guwahati: Some of the major languages spoken in north-east India is now available in the Website: http://www.xobdo.net and choose the language or dialect you want and you will get the equivalent word.
To help users learn more words in NE languages, the publisher of the first north-east regional languages-English online dictionary, XOBDO (means ‘sound’ or ‘word’ in Assamese), is on the lookout for more volunteers in these languages to add to the dictionary’s database.
Started as an online Assamese-English dictionary in 2006, XOBDO is the brainchild of Bikram M. Baruah, an engineer of Assam now based in Abu Dhabi. It is currently run by a team of volunteers.
In 2007, xobdo.net added multiple interfaces to include 16 more languages spoken in the north-east: Khasi, Dimasa, Bodo, Karbi, Nagamese, Garo, Ao, Mizo, Mishing, Tanii (Apatani), Monpa, Meitei-lon, Bishnupriya, Chakma, Kok-Borok and Kuki.
Compared to the 19,388 Assamese words, the database of other NE languages is still very small. Karbi-665, Tai-580, Khasi-369, Dimasa-337, Bodo-326, Mising-186, Bishnupriya-180, Nagamese-138, Garo-116, Apatani -75, Ao -68, Mizo (Lushai) -68, Monpa -18, Meitei-6, and Chakma - 1. No word has been added in Hmar, Kok-Borok and Kuki so far.
“The XOBDO team is now looking for more volunteers in these and other NE languages so that the dictionary can be enriched with more words and achieve its goal of demolishing the language barrier in the region,” said Buljit Buragohain of the publicity team.
“XOBDO attempts to capture the languages as they are used (i.e. spoken, written and understood) today. Therefore, XOBDO does not want to follow any specific dictionary or any glossary/word-list published by any authority or entity. Rather, it considers the present-day meaning to be the standard as it is evidenced in ‘contemporary use’ i.e. appear in renowned newspapers, magazines or the writings of well-known authors and journalists and extensively used in special fields or areas like courts, government offices, religious institutes, traditional functions etc.,” Mr. Buragohain a research scholar at IIT, Guwahati.
Website: http://www.xobdo.net
8th December 2008
UJI sources
Guwahati: Some of the major languages spoken in north-east India is now available in the Website: http://www.xobdo.net and choose the language or dialect you want and you will get the equivalent word.
To help users learn more words in NE languages, the publisher of the first north-east regional languages-English online dictionary, XOBDO (means ‘sound’ or ‘word’ in Assamese), is on the lookout for more volunteers in these languages to add to the dictionary’s database.
Started as an online Assamese-English dictionary in 2006, XOBDO is the brainchild of Bikram M. Baruah, an engineer of Assam now based in Abu Dhabi. It is currently run by a team of volunteers.
In 2007, xobdo.net added multiple interfaces to include 16 more languages spoken in the north-east: Khasi, Dimasa, Bodo, Karbi, Nagamese, Garo, Ao, Mizo, Mishing, Tanii (Apatani), Monpa, Meitei-lon, Bishnupriya, Chakma, Kok-Borok and Kuki.
Compared to the 19,388 Assamese words, the database of other NE languages is still very small. Karbi-665, Tai-580, Khasi-369, Dimasa-337, Bodo-326, Mising-186, Bishnupriya-180, Nagamese-138, Garo-116, Apatani -75, Ao -68, Mizo (Lushai) -68, Monpa -18, Meitei-6, and Chakma - 1. No word has been added in Hmar, Kok-Borok and Kuki so far.
“The XOBDO team is now looking for more volunteers in these and other NE languages so that the dictionary can be enriched with more words and achieve its goal of demolishing the language barrier in the region,” said Buljit Buragohain of the publicity team.
“XOBDO attempts to capture the languages as they are used (i.e. spoken, written and understood) today. Therefore, XOBDO does not want to follow any specific dictionary or any glossary/word-list published by any authority or entity. Rather, it considers the present-day meaning to be the standard as it is evidenced in ‘contemporary use’ i.e. appear in renowned newspapers, magazines or the writings of well-known authors and journalists and extensively used in special fields or areas like courts, government offices, religious institutes, traditional functions etc.,” Mr. Buragohain a research scholar at IIT, Guwahati.
Website: http://www.xobdo.net
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