“The work that is being done by SWiP is highly commendable. The key message of today’s meeting for me is the importance of preserving our languages. As a Zulu speaker, it is crucial that isiZulu does not die.”
These are the words of Tholakele Nkwanyana, a lecturer in Education and Language Development at North-West University (NWU) and one of the panellists at the SWiP side event of Science Forum South Africa (SFSA) 2023, which took place at the Council for Scientific and the Industrial Research International Convention Centre in Pretoria on 6 December 2023.
Ms Tshego Rapoo-MaloyiCommunication Officer Contact details:Email: tshego.rapoo@nwu.ac.za Biography Ms Tshego Rapoo-Maloyi is a media and communications professional with over 15 years’ experience in print and broadcast
Fifth workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Language (RAIL) Colocated with LREC-COLING 2024 https://bit.ly/rail2024 Conference dates: 20-25 May 2024 Workshop date: 25 May 2024 Venue:
This is the sixth edition of the SADiLaR newsletter that is available in allthe official South African languages.Click on the newsletter that you would like to read.
Management Prof Langa Khumalo Executive Director BiographyORCiD Contact details:Email: langa.khumalo@nwu.ac.za Mr Juan Steyn Director Operations BiographyORCiD Contact details:Email: juan.steyn@nwu.ac.za Prof Menno van Zaanen Professor in Digital Humanities
Steering committee (SC) Composition The SC comprises academic role players, funders, and potential role players as specified in the project proposal and accordingly invited as
The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) enjoyed a strong representation during South Africa’s spring conference season. Several of its digital humanities researchers showcased their research at a series of conferences which took place across South Africa during September and October 2023.
The first-ever dictionary for N|uu, one of South Africa’s highly endangered minority languages with only one remaining fluent speaker, has been awarded the ATKV Wordwise Prize (Woordwystoekenning) for 2023 at the ATKV Woordveertjies (Afrikaans Language and Culture Association Word Feathers), an annual celebration of outstanding contributions around the Afrikaans word.