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SADiLaR
SADiLaR (the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources), is a Department of Science and Innovation-sponsored initiative to create and manage digital resources and software supporting research and development in digital language resources in South Africa. Vision and Mission SADiLaR is focussed on preserving and advancing South Africa's under-resourced indigenous language. They wish to promote a digital future for all South Africans, irrespective of their language background. This is enabled by stimulating and enabling digital research and development into vernacular languages and they share these language resources freely. History Founded in 2016, and hosted at the North-West University, SADiLaR aims to provide a resource centre that simulates, enables, manages and distributes digital research related to all of South Africa's official languages. It functions both as host and as a hub for a number of nodes, including other universities, research centres and public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SWiP Project
The SWiP project makes use of language, data and knowledge technologies to promote language equality among all of South Africa's official languages. The linguistic hegemonic status of English (and to a lesser extent Afrikaans) has resulted in English being the language of learning and teaching which downplays an African epistemology, thus local African languages are commonly under resourced. The acronym"SWiP" describes the three main partners in a national collaboration between SADiLaR, the free encyclopedia Wikipedia and Pan South African Language Board, PanSALB who are working alongside local speech and language communities within Academica, to address language equality using digital technologies, especially Wikipedia. Under apartheid, certain languages were marginalised, including Southern Ndebele language, isiNdebele, Swazi language, Siswati, Tsonga language, Xitsonga and Venda language, Tshivenda. To address the underrepresentation of Indigenous languages of South Africa, So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Humanities
Digital humanities (DH) is an area of scholarly activity at the intersection of computing or Information technology, digital technologies and the disciplines of the humanities. It includes the systematic use of digital resources in the humanities, as well as the analysis of their application. DH can be defined as new ways of doing scholarship that involve collaborative, transdisciplinary, and computationally engaged research, teaching, and publishing. It brings digital tools and methods to the study of the humanities with the recognition that the printed word is no longer the main medium for knowledge production and distribution. By producing and using new applications and techniques, DH makes new kinds of teaching possible, while at the same time studying and critiquing how these impact cultural heritage and digital culture. A distinctive feature of DH is its cultivation of a two-way relationship between the humanities and the digital: the field both employs technology in the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan South African Language Board
The Pan South African Language Board (, abbreviated PanSALB) is an organisation in South Africa established to promote multilingualism, to develop and preserve th12 official languages and to protect language rights in South Africa. The Board was established in terms of Act 59 of 1995 by the Parliament of South Africa. In addition to the 12 official languages of South Africa, PanSALB also strives to create conditions for the use and development of all languages used by communities in the country including the Khoe, San, and Nama. PanSALB structures include: the Provincial Language Committees (PLCs), the National Language Bodies (NLBs), and the National Lexicography Units (NLUs SWiP Collaboration In 2023, a collaborative project began between PanSALB, SADiLaR (the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources), and Wikimedia ZA to advance the use of vernacular language on Wikipedia as well as the presence of indigenous South African languages in cyberspace. The project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North-West University
The North-West University (NWU) is a public research university located on three campuses in Potchefstroom, Mahikeng and Vanderbijlpark in South Africa. The university came into existence through the merger in 2004 of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, a large, historical university dating back to 1869, which also had a branch in Vanderbijlpark, and the University of North-West (formerly the University of Bophuthatswana). With its merged status, the North-West University became one of the largest universities in South Africa with the third largest student population (full-time and distance education) in the country. NWU ranks among top universities locally, in Africa and globally. Campuses *Mahikeng Campus *Potchefstroom Campus (main campus) *Vanderbijlpark Campus Student profile Alumni * Dirk Hermann, trade unionist * Katlego Maboe, television presenter * Gerhard Mostert, rugby player * Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, Miss Universe 2017 * Mamokgeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of South Africa
The University of South Africa (UNISA) is the largest university system in South Africa by enrollment. It attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa. Through various colleges and affiliates, UNISA has over 400,000 students, including international students from 130 countries worldwide, making it one of the world's mega universities and the only such university in Africa. As a comprehensive university, Unisa offers both vocational and academic programmes, many of which have received international accreditation. It also has an extensive geographical footprint, providing its students with recognition and employability in many countries around the world. The university lists many notable South Africans among its alumni, including two Nobel Prize winners: Nelson Mandela, the first democratically elected president of South Africa, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Founded in 1873 as the University of the Cape of Good Hope, the University of South Africa (comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Language Education In South Africa
Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and signed forms, and may also be conveyed through writing. Human language is characterized by its cultural and historical diversity, with significant variations observed between cultures and across time. Human languages possess the properties of productivity and displacement, which enable the creation of an infinite number of sentences, and the ability to refer to objects, events, and ideas that are not immediately present in the discourse. The use of human language relies on social convention and is acquired through learning. Estimates of the number of human languages in the world vary between and . Precise estimates depend on an arbitrary distinction (dichotomy) established between languages and dialects. Natural languages are spoken, signed, or both; however, any language can be encoded into secondary media usin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
