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Author: Dimakatso Mathe (SADiLaR Sesotho sa Leboa Researcher)

Part-of-speech tagger, yeo e tla  bitšwago sehlathahlophantšu go tloga mo, ke sedirišwa sa theknolotši seo se dirišwago go fetleka mantšu ao a ngwadilwego a polelo ye e itšego gomme sa laetša gore mantšu ao a wela dihlopheng dife tša mantšu ka go phara setlankana se se hlalošago sehlopha sa lentšu (tag). Se šomiša lenaneo la ditlankana (tagset) leo le ithekgilego ka dihlopha tša mantšu tšeo di filwego tša polelo gore se kgone go hlatha mantšu. Dihlopha tša mantšu di na le khuetšo ye kgolo bokgoning bja setlabelwa se gore se hlathe goba gona go laetša dihlopha tša mantšu. Gore re kgone go kwešiša se gabotse, re tla swanela ke go hlaloša ganyane ka dihlopha tša mantšu tša Sesotho sa Leboa.

Paulos le Louwrens (1994) ba hlaloša dihlopha tše lesome, e lego maina, mašala, madiri, malahlelwa, makopanyi, mathušamadiri, mabotšiši, mašupi, leba, gammgo le maamanyi. Go feta fao, dihlopha tša mantšu tše dingwe di ka arolwa gape go ya ka mehuta goba dikarolwana tše di hwetšagalo ka fase ga lentšukakaretšo la sehlopha sa mantšu. Go fa mohlala, mašala le maina a ka arolwa go ya ka magoro a maina. Tšhomišo ya magoro a maina ke ye nngwe ya dipharologanyo tšeo di ikgethilego tše di lego molaleng bontšing bja maleme a Seafrika ge a bapetšwa le maleme a mangwe a mehlobo e šele. Ge sehlathahlophantšu se ka laetša maina ntle le go hlatha magoro a maina, gona se tla be se sa abe tshedimošo yeo e kgotsofatšago ka dipolelo tša Seafrika. Ka fao, didirišwa tšeo di lego gona tša sehlathahlophantšu tša Sesotho sa Leboa le maleme a mangwe a semmušo a Afrika Borwa, di laetša tshedimošo ye ka ge go laeditšwe seswantšhong sa ka fase seo se tšerwego thwi go tšwa go sedirišwa sa sehlathahlophantšu.

Seswantšho

Author: Dimakatso Mathe (SADiLaR Sesotho sa Leboa Researcher)

This blog provides a general overview of Sesotho sa Leboa language celebration that took place at the University of Limpopo on the 31^st of July, 2019. The celebration was organised by SADiLaR in response to UNESCO’s proclamation to declare 2019 as the Year of Indigenous Languages. The celebration for Sesotho sa Leboa included presentations on language and culture related topics by various speakers, reciting of traditional poems, and a special celebration to acknowledge Dr. HML Lentsoane’s contribution to the Sesotho sa Leboa literature. The discussion concludes by challenging both government and private entities to come up with similar initiatives while also encouraging speakers of indigenous languages to play their part to advance the development of languages.

UNESCO e tsebagaditše ngwaga wa 2019 bjale ka ngwaga wa go keteka maleme a setlogo (IYIL2019). E be e dira bjalo ka morago ga gore dikutollo tša dinyakišišo di laetše gore maleme a setlogo a kotsing ya go timelela. Ditaba tše di rile go fihla ditsebeng tša SADiLaR gomme ya tšea sephetho sa go keteka maleme a lesometee a semmušo a naga ka go šielana ga dikgwedi tša ngwaga. Moletlo wa go keteka leleme la Sesotho sa Leboa o be o swaretšwe Yunibesithi ya Limpopo, ka di 31 Mosegamanye, 2019.

Diboledi tša go akaretša ditsebi le bafahloši ba tša maleme go tšwa ditheong le diyunibesithing tša go fapafapana ba ile ba bothagana go abelana thuto. Magareng ga tše go boletšwego ka tšona, go kgwathilwe ditlhohlo tšeo di swanetšego go rarollwa ge eba re ikemišeditše go hlabolla leleme la Sesotho sa Leboa. August Shotholo, Kwetepane ka sebele, e bile mosepediši wa modiro go netefatša gore ditiragalo tša letšatši di sepela ka thelelo. Seboledisegolo sa letšatši e bile Prof. MJ Mojalefa go tšwa Yunibesithi ya Pretoria. Yena o ile a bolela go tlala seatla malebana le setlogo sa Moafrika, go se lekalekane ga maleme go ya ka tirišo ya ona, gammogo le ditokelo tša batho go šeditšwe tirišo ya polelo. Bagešo, le ka fihlelela tše dingwe tša dingwalwa tše di badilwego moletlong ka go kgotla mo.

Author: Mieke Hofmeyr

Mr. Dimakatso Mathe is SADiLaR’s Sesotho sa Leboa researcher. When it comes to research he finds the areas of morphology, syntax and language processing tools, to name but a few, very interesting.

When it comes to his current projects he says the following: “I am currently working on my PhD study which aims to investigate similarities and differences of some of the dialects found in Sesotho sa Leboa from a morpho-syntactic viewpoint”

Other projects that he is currently working on include a speech data collection project which will result in recording and dissemination of Sesotho sa Leboa dialectal spoken data for research. He is also busy with a collaborative research paper which was presented with SADiLaR colleagues at a conference. This paper offers a detailed overview regarding the current state of Digital Humanities practice in South Africa.