The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is a national centre supported by the Department of Science, Technoloy and Innovation (DSTI). SADiLaR has an enabling function, with a focus on all official languages of South Africa, supporting research and development in the domains of language technologies and language-related studies in the humanities and social sciences.
SWiP is a collaborative initiative by the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR); the free encyclopaedia (Wikipedia) and the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB). This project aims to bring together communities of language practice practically to advance and celebrate the use of South African Languages and aims to encourage communities of practice to actively participate in contributing to the free encyclopaedia (Wikipedia). Read more about SWiP…
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Research visit to continue digitisation work and enhance skills of local project team
The Unisa Node of the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) recently had the privilege of hosting Dr Gertrud Faaβ, lecturer and computational linguist at the University of Hildesheim, Germany. Dr Faaβ has a special interest in developing digital language resources and natural language processing tools for the
SADiLaR launches Higher Education Support Programme to advance multilingualism in South Africa’s universities
The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is intensifying its efforts to support the higher education sector in advancing the implementation of the Language Policy Framework for Public Higher Education Institutions. Following the successful completion of the national language resources audit in 2023, SADiLaR has introduced a comprehensive
The SWiP project brings isiNdebele to Wikipedia’s main platform, expanding access and visibility for official South African languages
The SADiLaR-Wikipedia-PanSALB (SWiP) project is a collaborative initiative by the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), Wikimedia South Africa (Wikimedia ZA) and the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB). It aims to strengthen the presence of official South African languages by building language communities equipped to create, edit