Ssemakula Thanks a bunch for those links. I will certainly forward them to those that have been making inquiries in that direction.
God Bless u Wire ----- Original Message ----- From: musamize ssemakula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:25:15 -0700 (PDT) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ugnet] Challenge: Where is content? > > Luganda web browser set > > By Davis Weddi > It is all smiles at James Lunghabo?s office on Kagga House in Kampala where a > Luganda language Internet browser has been made ready for use. > > Lunghabo, the managing director of Linux Solutions, yesterday announced that the > ?Kayungirizi web browser? is ready for distribution. > > He said the software would be made available for download from the Internet. > According to Lunghabo, the software will be launched today during the Uganda > I-Network monthly seminar in Kampala. > > ?It will be easier for Luganda speakers to surf the Internet. They will not have to > ask for explanations since everything is explained in Luganda,? Lunghabo said. > > Earlier this year, The New Vision reported that local players in information and > communication technology were developing a virtual instrument to bridge the digital > divide. > > The ?Kayungirizi web browser? can be used in computers which have windows, Linux of > Unix operating systems. > > ?With the sprouting Internet caf�s within the country where Luganda is common > language, ?Kayungirizi? will be a vital tool. Since it is free, it will be easier > for many to communicate on the Internet,? he said. > > The brains behind this project have also initiated a Luganda word processor which > will be used with the Luganda Internet browser. > > In March, Lunghabo and Ivan Mugabi said there were arrangements to extend > ?Kayungirizi? into other local languages like Lunyankole, Lunyoro, Luo and Ateso. > Research is underway. > > He said more than 50% of Ugandans will be potential users of their products. > Experts said the number of people getting access to the Internet in Uganda is > increasing and the enthusiasm of the public had created demand for local content. > > > Published on: Wednesday, 15th September, 2004 > > Rise to the occasion and provide Luganda web pages ... ask not what the web can do > for you, but what you can do for the web ... > > Examples: > > http://modersmal.skolutveckling.se/luganda/ > > www.luganda.com > > www.buganda.com/language.htm > > www.iwtc.org/luganda.html > > www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/language/number/ganda.html > > www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/lap1.htm ("broken" Luganda but content is good) > > www.ratzlaf.com/luganda.htm or > > www.adventistreview.org/2004-1502/ecd-Discover_Luganda1.pdf > > http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/languages/luganda.html > > http://ecd.hopetalk.org/luganda/ > > www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/Luganda-english/ (we should grow this > one and the one by CBOLD and the one below) > > www.ikuska.com/Africa/Lenguas/luganda/frases.htm > > www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=LAP > > www.studygs.net/luganda/ > > www.freelang.com/dictionnaire/luganda.html ( .. "je ne sui pas") > > http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/uganda.html (on Uganda) > > www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/africa/cuvl/Ugeduc.html (on Uganda) > > www.buganda.com (on Buganda) > > www.absolutetranslations.com/english-into-luganda-translation-services.htm > > www.translationship.com/languages/luganda.htm > > http://www2.iro.umontreal.ca/translation/registry.cgi?team=lg > > www.kizito.uklinux.net (work in progress) > > www.languageresourceonline.com/languages/learn_luganda.html > > http://silentnight.web.za/translate/luganda.htm > > www.theglimpse.com/newsite/viewarticle2.asp?articleid=188 (travologue) > > www.maps2anywhere.com/Languages/Luganda_language_course.htm (ask me privately about > cheaper tapes) > > www.uebersetzung.at/twister/lug.htm > > www.jergym.hiedu.cz/~canovm/vyhledav/varianty/l3.html > > (I like this one: www.jergym.hiedu.cz/~canovm/vyhledav/varianty/l.html) > > www.worldlanguage.com/Languages/Luganda.htm (Luganda fonts, etc) > > www.multilingualbooks.com/luganda.html (learn Luganda) > > www.real-africa.co.uk/F5.htm > > www.experienceafrica.co.uk/G7.htm > > www.bibleuganda.fslife.co.uk/indexlu.htm > > www.geocities.com/budohicomp/luganda/index_lu.htm > > www.africaninengland.org/Lugandapage.html > > http://luganda.wikiverse.org/ > > (or www.worldhistory.com/wiki/L/Luganda.htm) > > www.discoveronline.org/luganda/ > > http://odur.let.rug.nl/~malouf/nlp99/exercise05.pdf (interesting excercise!) > > http://home.btclick.com/easc/lugandan.html > > http://african.lss.wisc.edu/nalrc/prog-serv/nat-coord/lang-inv/luganda.html > > www.greatcom.org/laws/luganda/ > > www.musicuganda.com/songs/ > > www.agricinfo.or.ug/documents/materials/luganda/Luganda_Good_Practices_Manual.pdf > (useful to farmers) > > > > www.agricinfo.or.ug/documents/materials/luganda/Luganda_soil_management_manual.pdf > (ditto) > > www.dip.go.ug/materials/luganda/Research_Institutions_Brochure_Luganda.pdf (ditto) > > http://hollykirschke.blogspot.com/2003_10_01_hollykirschke_archive.html (travologue) > > http://pbskids.org/africa/myworld/send_mengo.html > > www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a9406121/luganda.htm (engero there is a CD with over 5000 > Luganda proverbs in Walser's book. the Cd contains proverbs from other cultures in > Africa) > > www.ugandamusicartists.com/bakayimbira.html > > www.kampala1.com/kampala.html > > www.umes.edu/english/newalp/pdf/douglasmpuga.pdf (official languange?) > > www.iiz-dvv.de/englisch/Publikationen/Ewb_ausgaben/59_2003/eng_Okech.htm (Okech's > take on multi-linguism in Uganda, etc) > > http://enteruganda.com > > www.behindthename.com/nmc/afr.html (this idea can be elaborated further, see > Nsimbi's Ammannya Amaganda N'Ennono Zaago) > > > www.makerere.ac.ug/arts/depts/morelang.html (Luganda and other languages at MUK &) > > http://schoolofeducation.net/academics/courses/dle/ > > www.bukeddekussande.co.ug > > www.bukedde.co.ug > > www.legalservices.gov.uk/contract/lafqas/client-feedback-questionnaires/luganda.pdf > > www.wougnet.org/ICTpolicy/ug/fosiug.html > > etc, etc. So far, preachers have taken to the web in droves. > > "Luganda : A simple word, yet a complex cultural web. Is there more? You bet." > source: > http://databank.oxydex.com/compendium_bibliographium/world_cultures_arts/Luganda.html > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. > > _______________________________________________ > Ugandanet mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ -- _____________________________________________________________ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. >From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze _______________________________________________ Ugandanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
