Talking Dictionaries

Talking Dictionaries™ were created at Swarthmore College in 2005, and have since expanded to include 200+ endangered languages.

With generous support from donors, we are able to offer this tool for free to any endangered language community that needs it. If you are interested in learning more, please email: talkingdictionary@swarthmore.edu

Tuvan Talking Dictionary™ 8,265 entries. example search: horse Tuvan iPhone app released in 2010. Tuvan stories and videos.

Siletz Talking Dictionary™ 10,552 entries. example search: baby basket

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Matukar Panau Talking Dictionary™ 4,151 entries. example search: canoe outrigger

Chamacoco Talking Dictionary™ 1,206 entries. example search: kingfisher

Ho Talking Dictionary™ 3,029 entries. example search: water Ho language page.

Remo Talking Dictionary™ 5,139 entries. example search: snake

Sora Talking Dictionary™ 1,202 entries.

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Kera Mundari Talking Dictionary™ 446 entries.

Kharia Talking Dictionary™ 445 entries.

Santali Talking Dictionary™ 413 entries.

Nasa yuwe Talking Dictionary™ 3,934 entries.

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Quechua Chanka Talking Dictionary™ 200 entries. Explore other dictionaries from workshops in Latin America

Tlacolula Valley Zapotec talking dictionaries 6 Zapotec talking dictionaries from Tlacolula Valley, Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Kapingamarangi Talking Dictionary™ 1,156 entries. Explore other dictionaries from the Micronesia workshop

Mokilese Talking Dictionary™ 596 entries.

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Namolukese Talking Dictionary™ 575 entries.

Nukuoro Talking Dictionary™ 617 entries.

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Pingelapese Talking Dictionary™ 623 entries.

Pohnpeian Talking Dictionary™ 552 entries.

Kalanga Talking Dictionary™ 95 entries. Explore other dictionaries from the Zimbabwe workshop

Vanuatu Talking Dictionaries™ and plant lexicons from Tafea Province, Vanuatu.

Cenderawasih Bay Corpus of talking dictionaries from Birds' Head Peninsula, Papua, Indonesia.

Talking dictionaries from Guatemala developed at the talking dictionary workshop in June 2014 hosted by the Academia de Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Talking dictionaries from Zimbabwe developed at the language revitalization workshop in March 2014 hosted by the African Languages Research Institute, University of Zimbabwe, in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Talking dictionaries from Micronesia developed at the language revitalization workshop in July 2013 hosted by the Island Research Education Initiative and the FSM Special Education Service, Department of Education.

Talking dictionaries from Latin America developed at the “Voces Duraderas” (Enduring Voices) digital literacy and lexicography workshop for language revitalization in January 2013.

A collection of talking dictionaries from Papua New Guinea.

A collection of talking dictionaries from India.

Other talking dictionary projects include the Celtic Comparative Lexicon.

The Talking Dictionary™ concept and platform was created by K. David Harrison in 2005. The Tuvan Talking Dictionary, was launched in 2006 and hosted at Swarthmore College.

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Technical and financial support has been provided by the National Geographic Society, Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, Swarthmore College, the National Science Foundation, and private donors.

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