New Features in XOBDO (The one and only online multi-lingual dictionary of the languages of the North-East India):
1. An Assamese interface including the error messages (almost 85% translated), first ever in any website. 2. Three color schemes to choose from - RedRiver, BlueHill and the original GreenTea. 3. Discussion at the submission analysis itself. 4. The option of Phrase (খণ্ডবাক্য) included in the Idioms entry part. 5. A new fast word submission and analysis mechanism. 6. The search is asynchronous. Only the result is replaced. 7. A dynamic panel displaying different information in the homepage. It also retrieves GoogleGroups posts. Objectives of Xobdo.org : 1. Promote Assamese, Bodo, Mising, Karbi, Dimasa, Khasi, Meeteilon, Mizo, Hmar and other languages of the North-East India worldwide through the internet. 2. Cooperate constructively with all possible quarters to build online dictionaries, word corpus, learning tools and other linguistic resources of the concerned languages. 3. Construct and maintain websites to cater to the above needs. 4. Publish electronic and conventional media to cater to the above needs. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XOBDO is the brainchild of Bikram M Baruah. He is the co-ordinator of XOBDO.He is a petroleum engineer now based in Abu Dhabi. There are 1556 members in Xobdo. Some of the active members of XOBDO are Biraj Kumar Kakati,Anjal Borah, Anjali Sonowal ,Partha P Sarmah,Pallav Saikia, Rupankar Mahanta , Priyankoo Sarmah ,Rupkamal Talukdar,Prasanta Borah ,Atul Ch. Kakoti , Probodh Borah, Neelotpal Deka , Prasenjit Khanikar ,Ranjita Pegu,Swapnita Kakati,Mamjit Nath ,Rubul Mout,Himjyoti Talukdar,Prabin Kakati,Archana Rajbongshi ,Pankaj Borah,Rituraj Saikia,Rajib Kumar Dutta,Buljit Buragohain,Mousumi Hazarika,Dr (Mrs) Krishna Barua,Papori Gogoi,Sudipta Kumar Gogoi,Abdul Wahab,Nava Kumar Boro,Morningkeey Phangcho,Anuj J Phonglosa,Banlambha Warjri,Bonnie Debbarma,Joyshree Sutradhar, Judith Keivom,Kulendra Daulagupu,Lalremthang Hmar,Mohen Naorem,Nwgwt Gwra Brahma,Debojeet Thaosen, Temsunungsang T,Uttam Bathari,Uttam Pegu,Ven. Pragya Jyoti,Pranab Doley,Benjamin Kaman,Barnali Deuri Bora etc. We need more volunteers on NE languages like Dimasa,Karbi,Meeteilon,Tai,Bodo,Hmar,Khasi,Mising,Kok-Borok,Bishnupriya,Nagamese, Mizo (Lushai),Garo,Chakma,Apatani,Ao,Monpa,Kaubru (Reang),Deori etc. The no of words in the Online Dictionary till 09.09.2010 following are Assamese = 27015 English = 13897 Dimasa = 2881 Karbi = 1964 Meeteilon = 1320 Tai = 1020 Bodo = 837 Mising = 655 Hmar = 633 Khasi = 410 Kok-Borok = 306 Bishnupriya = 233 Bengali = 180 Garo = 160 Nagamese = 141 Mizo (Lushai) = 120 Deori = 97 Chakma = 87 Apatani = 75 Ao = 73 Rabha = 30 Tiwa = 20 Monpa = 18 Kaubru (Reang) = 8 Hindi = 8 Sumi Naga = 0 Nepali = 0 Xobdo was born 10th March 2006. This web-site was inaugurated on 14th April 2006. XOBDO Entry Categories: ├ Art and Culture (42) │ ├ Cuisine (27) │ ├ Customs (10) │ ├ Festival (17) │ ├ Handicraft (10) │ ├ Historial (7) │ ├ Literature (29) │ ├ Performing Art (5) │ │ ├ Cinema (3) │ │ ├ Drama (6) │ │ └ Music (32) │ ├ Religious-Mythological (60) │ ├ Sociology (2) │ ├ Textile (11) │ └ Visual Art (3) ├ Business-Commerce-Economics (33) ├ Game and Sports (15) ├ Legal (9) ├ Personalities (22) ├ Political Science (16) └ Science and Technology ├ Biology (32) │ ├ Anatomy (79) │ ├ Botany (15) │ │ ├ Flower (19) │ │ ├ Fruit-Vegetable-Spices (94) │ │ ├ Plant-Creeper (69) │ │ └ Tree (18) │ ├ Medical Science (49) │ ├ Microbes (4) │ └ Zoology (8) │ ├ Animal (51) │ ├ Bird (76) │ ├ Fish (29) │ ├ Insect-Worm (41) │ └ Reptile (22) ├ Chemistry (47) ├ Geology (40) │ ├ Hill-Mountain (2) │ ├ Lake │ ├ Place (39) │ ├ River (7) │ └ Sea-Ocean (2) ├ Language-Linguistics (25) ├ Mathematics (87) ├ Physics (61) ├ Statistics (2) └ Technology-Engineering (22) └ Computer Science (9) There are 332 Fokora Jo`jonas in Xobdo. The no of visitors the dictionary till 09.09.2010 is 136178. The Dictionary website uses UNICODE characters . Xobdo Newsletter : http://xobdo.net/nl/ Thank You, Buljit Buragohain Publicity Team, http://xobdo.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
