Event:The Igbo Lexemes + Wiktionary Project
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Overview
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]The Igbo Lexemes + Wiktionary Project is aimed at improving the availability of audio pronunciation in the Igbo language. The project will focus on creating accurate and high-quality audio pronunciations, which will be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, ensuring accessibility to both Igbo and non-Igbo speakers. These audio pronunciations will be added to the Forms of Igbo Lexemes on Wikidata and also Igbo Wiktionary articles. Site links to these Wiktionary articles will also be added on Wikidata. The Igbo lexemes will further be improved by adding more statements where applicable to Forms and Senses and translating the descriptions of Senses into the Igbo language.
Project goals
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- Encourage volunteer participation and community engagement.
- Expand the Igbo lexemes, Igbo Wiktionary and Wikimedia Commons with high-quality audio pronunciation files.
- Ensure accessibility and accuracy of Igbo language content on Wikimedia projects.
Project timeline
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- Launch: Saturday, 18 April, 2026
- Time: 5:00 PM WAT
- Venue: Zoom
- Project ends: Thursday, 30 April 2026
- Time: 11:59 PM WAT
Organizers
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]To-do List
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Outcome
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]• 709 Forms of Lexemes were added the pronunciation audio statement.
• 243 Igbo Wiktionary articles were edited, with 61 Igbo Wiktionary articles newly created.
• 758 quality audio files were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.