Number of published dictionaries: 102
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Kemedzung, Cameroon: In May 2015, SIL International helped facilitate a Rapid Word Collection workshop in Misaje and Dumbu, Northwest Province, Cameroon. Two separate weeks of word-collection were done, the first June 1-5 at the Bible Translation Center in the village of Misaje, the second July 27-31 at the Catholic Primary School in the village of Dumbu. Thirty nine language speakers collected 13,685 words. The translators now have a thesaurus and a way to check for spelling, the linguists have a list of minimal pairs for decisions regarding how to write them (since tone is not written), secondary schools have dictionaries (glossaries) for their mother-tongue reading/writing classes, and writers have a glossary. People in towns can get the dictionary on their cell phone or access it via the internet (Webonary). People reading parts of Scripture that have been translated can look up words that they don’t know.
Webonary gives language groups the ability to publish bilingual or multilingual dictionaries on the web with a minimum of technical help.
The webserver is set up to handle dictionary content. The process is simple: import the data and modify the page contents. The Webonary team is available to help. 
The Rapid Word Collection strategy revolutionizes the task of collecting words by using a systematic method to capture words based on semantic categories in a workshop setting organized in the language community. Learn more at 
