Hello folks, I am happy to share a major update to the Dagbanli Dictionary.
The dictionary now integrates over **20,000 native audio recordings** from the Mozilla Common Voice dataset. This means when you look up a word, you can now hear it spoken in example sentences. You can see this in action here: https://dagbanli.info/?word=L722895 This is a significant step toward our goal of **phonological preservation**, ensuring the oral heritage of Dagbanli is not lost in its digital transition. All links, including the live tool, source code, and a feedback etherpad, are on the central project page: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Dagbanli_dictionary Best, -Masssly On Sun, Feb 8, 2026 at 9:44 PM Mohammed Sadat Abdulai < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello folks, > > I am happy to share that I have built a Dagbanli Dictionary which is now > live at: https://dagbanli.info/ > > The tool is currently in *Beta*, so a lot of refinement is still needed. > I am looking for people to stress-test it and send over feedback. > > This project builds a Dagbanli-first digital infrastructure to move away > from reliance on English-based wordlists. The goal is to create a dynamic > record of the language with native audio and full grammatical mapping. > > Help is needed to refine the tool in several areas, including: > > - *Admins*: To manage the project dashboard and tasks. > - *Category Leads*: To "adopt" a lexical category (Nouns, Verbs, etc.) > and create gold-standard word models. > - *Developers*: To contribute to the open-source codebase via pull > requests. > > All links, including the live tool, source code, and feedback etherpad are > available on the central project page: > https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Dagbanli_dictionary > > Please add your name to the *Participants* list on that page and indicate > your area of interest. > > Best, > -- > > Mohammed Sadat Abdulai > --- > *(Is there anything I could do or stop doing that would make it easier to > work with me? I’d love your feedback <https://admonymous.co/masssly>!)* > > Feel free to schedule a chat with me: cal.com/masssly. > -- Mohammed Sadat Abdulai --- *(Is there anything I could do or stop doing that would make it easier to work with me? I’d love your feedback <https://admonymous.co/masssly>!)* Feel free to schedule a chat with me: cal.com/masssly.
_______________________________________________ African-Wikimedians mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
