{"id":6500,"date":"2022-06-09T10:23:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T10:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/third-workshop-on-resources-for-african-indigenous-languages-rail\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T07:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T05:20:29","slug":"third-workshop-on-resources-for-african-indigenous-languages-rail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/third-workshop-on-resources-for-african-indigenous-languages-rail\/","title":{"rendered":"Third workshop on Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"googlefontscall\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pagebuilderckparams\" data-colorpalettefromtemplate=\"\" data-colorpalettefromsettings=\",,,,\" data-styles=\"\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"row_ID1655106449753\" class=\"rowck ckstack3 ckstack2 ckstack1 uick-sortable\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-gutter=\"2%\" data-nb=\"1\">\n<style class=\"ckcolumnwidth\" wfd-invisible=\"true\">[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"inner animate clearfix\">\n<div id=\"block_ID1655106449753\" class=\"blockck\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-real-width=\"100%\" data-width=\"100\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1655106452579\" class=\"cktype\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"tab_effects ckprops\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tab_blocstyles ckprops\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tab_image ckprops\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\">\n<style wfd-invisible=\"true\"><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imageck\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/RAIL-2022-Cover-2.gif\" width=\"\" height=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/RAIL-2022-Cover-2.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"row_ID1654770401883\" class=\"rowck ckstack3 ckstack2 ckstack1 uick-sortable\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-gutter=\"2%\" data-nb=\"1\">\n<style class=\"ckcolumnwidth\" wfd-invisible=\"true\">[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"]:not(.ckadvancedlayout) [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}[data-gutter=\"2%\"][data-nb=\"1\"].ckadvancedlayout [data-width=\"100\"] {width:100%;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"inner animate clearfix\">\n<div id=\"block_ID1654770401883\" class=\"blockck\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-real-width=\"100%\" data-width=\"100\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"inner animate resizable\">\n<div class=\"innercontent uick-sortable\">\n<div id=\"ID1654770401900\" class=\"cktype\" style=\"position: relative;\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"cktext inner\" style=\"position: relative;\" spellcheck=\"false\">\n<p><strong>Registration is now open<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The registration form can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/58KzRxGtMGQvDZt3A\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/58KzRxGtMGQvDZt3A<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is organising the 3rd RAIL workshop in the field of Resources for African Indigenous Languages. This workshop aims to bring together researchers who are interested in showcasing their research and thereby boosting the field of African indigenous languages. This provides an overview of the current state-of-the-art and emphasizes availability of African indigenous language resources, including both data and tools. Additionally, it will allow for information sharing among researchers interested in African indigenous languages and also start discussions on improving the quality and availability of the resources.\u00a0 Many African indigenous languages currently have no or very limited resources available and, additionally, they are often structurally quite different from more well-resourced languages, requiring the development and use of specialized techniques.\u00a0 By bringing together researchers from different fields (e.g., (computational) linguistics, sociolinguistics, language technology) to discuss the development of language resources for African indigenous languages, we hope to boost research in this field.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The RAIL workshop is an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on resources (data collections, tools, etc.) specifically targeted towards African indigenous languages.\u00a0 It aims to create the conditions for the emergence of a scientific community of practice that focuses on data, as well as tools, specifically designed for or applied to indigenous languages found in Africa.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Suggested topics include the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digital representations of linguistic structures<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Descriptions of corpora or other data sets of African indigenous languages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building resources for (under resourced) African indigenous languages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing and using African indigenous languages in the digital age<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Effectiveness of digital technologies for the development of African indigenous languages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Revealing unknown or unpublished existing resources for African indigenous languages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developing desired resources for African indigenous languages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improving quality, availability and accessibility of African indigenous language resources<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 3rd RAIL workshop 2022 will be co-located with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/nwulettere.co.za\/samwop-10\/home\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10th Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This will be an in-person event located in Potchefstroom, South Africa. Registration will be <\/span><strong>free<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The registration form can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/58KzRxGtMGQvDZt3A\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/58KzRxGtMGQvDZt3A<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RAIL 2022 submission requirements:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RAIL <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">asks for full papers from 4 pages to 8 pages (plus more pages for references if needed), which must strictly follow the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/upjournals.up.ac.za\/index.php\/dhasa\/libraryFiles\/downloadPublic\/30\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> style guide.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accepted submissions will be published in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/upjournals.up.ac.za\/index.php\/dhasa\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JDHASA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Papers will be double blind peer-reviewed and must be submitted through <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/easychair.org\/my\/conference?conf=rail2022\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EasyChair<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Important dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submission deadline: <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">28 August 2022\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 4 September 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Date of notification: 30 September 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Camera ready copy deadline: 23 October 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>RAIL:<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 30 November 2022, North-West University &#8211; Potchefstroom<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>SAMWOP:<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1 \u2013 3 December 2022, North-West University &#8211; Potchefstroom<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Organising Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/cao\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jessica Mabaso<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/isizulu-researcher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rooweither Mabuya<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/researcher-siswati\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Muzi Matfunjwa<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/researcher-sesotho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mmasibidi Setaka<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/dh-prof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Menno van Zaanen<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR), South Africa<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Note that the RAIL workshop is part of a series of workshops. You can find information on the other workshops at <a href=\"https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/rail\/\">https:\/\/sadilar.org\/en\/rail\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ckstyle\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Registration is now open The registration form can be found here: https:\/\/forms.gle\/58KzRxGtMGQvDZt3A The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) is organising the 3rd RAIL workshop in the field of Resources for African Indigenous Languages. 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