I thought I'd already forwarded this but apparently not - sorry. This interesting collaborative online dictionary project uses unicode (some characters in the examples below were not transmitted in the e-mail). Fwd from H-West-Africa.
Don Osborn Bisharat.net Press Release: March 28, 2005 kasahorow ONLINE dictionary of standard written Akan Nea onnim no sua a, ohu kasahorow Yale University Council on African Studies 34 Hillhouse Avenue P O Box 208206 New Haven, CT 06520-8206 USA http://www.yale.edu/akan [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Dictionaries Project The GhanaThink Foundation Tsooboi Projects P O Box 397197 Cambridge, MA 02139 USA c/o P O Box MC1904 Takoradi Ghana http://kasa.ghanathink.org/akan [EMAIL PROTECTED] kasahorow The kasahorow dictionary is a popular dictionary of the Akan language group. It s meant to help improve the accessibility of written material meant for oral ommunication to all who can comprehend any of the Twi/Fante varieties of Akan. The public may contribute entries via the internet to the dictionary. All contributions are verified by the Kasahorow Editor. 1. http://www.yale.edu/akan This version contains all verified entries of the dictionary. It is updated every five minutes with the latest verified entries. 2. http://kasa.ghanathink.org/akan This version contains all entries, verified and unverified. Entries are accepted from all visitors to the page. Contributors willing to be listed on the project page may sign up and contribute as members of the online GhanaConscious community. Dictionary Features � Multi-lingual entries o Standard Akan o Twi o Fante o English Synonyms � Uniform Spelling Rules � Single Orthography � Multi-lingual search o Simple Search o Advanced Search The dictionary has been designed to be as flexible for the user as possible. There is no need for any special software apart from a modern browser. The dictionary works best in Mozilla Firefox 1.0 or Internet Explorer 6. Simple Search: To look up a word, type into the search box whatever information about the word that comes to mind, in Akan, Twi, Fante, or English. How to use the dictionary To look up a word, you search for it by typing in the search box on the web page. There are two ways of searching the dictionary: 1. Simple Search: This is a multilingual search of the dictionary. Your search term could be the Standard Akan spelling; the Twi spelling; the Fante spelling; the English synonym; a phrase in the entry's meaning, example or notes; or the general subject area of the term. 2. Advanced Search: To narrow down the search results results significantly by selecting specific values for the various fields of an entry. The searchable fields are as follows: a. Standard Akan (AK) b. Twi c. Fante d. English Synonym (EN) e. Part of Speech - A K, EN f. Definition - AK g. Example - AK h. Terminology - AK, EN i. Notes - AK, EN This is an example of an entry search by an English user. kilomita, n- [General] [Twi: kilomita] [Fante: kilomita] SI nsusuho a ?kyer? b?y? kwansin ?ha-mu-eduesia-ebien [English Synonyms: kilometer, kilometer] Kofi nantew kilomita anan anapa biara de k? skuul. Notes: SI: Syst�me Internationale d'Unit�s Users can toggle between the Akan keyboard layout ( '?' replaces 'Q' and '?' replaces 'J') and their own language layout by toggling the Keyboard Layout checkbox. Default (checked): Akan keyboard layout Project background The kasahorow Akan dictionary is supported by the Yale University African Studies Council. It is supervised by Dr. Ann Biersteker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Director of the African Languages Program at Yale. It is a part of the Dictionaries Project of GhanaThink Tsooboi (http://tsooboi.ghanathink.org). The current editor of the dictionary is Paa Kwesi Imbeah ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/TpIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
