An online lexicon of the Swahili language based on the six-volume dictionary, A dictionary of the Swahili language, edited by Mzee Morino Tsuneo and Nassor Nakazima Hisasi, published from ILCAA in 1990–97.
This website is an online database of the lexicon compiled in the six-volume dictionary titled A dictionary of the Swahili language, edited by Mzee Morino Tsuneo and Nassor Nakazima Hisasi, originally published from 1990 to 1997. The process of creating this online database was carried out by the following project.
'Building an online digital resource based on the Swahili dictionary published from ILCAA'
Daisuke Shinagawa (PI; ILCAA)
Yuko Abe (Lanzhou University)
Kanji Kato (Center for Open Data in the Humanities, Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research, National Institute of Informatics)
Information Resources Center at ILCAA, TUFS
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Online lexical database of A dictionary of the Swahili language compiled by Mzee Morino T. and Nassor Nakazima H., Digital collection managed by Information Resources Center at Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. URL: https://ilcaa-swahili.aa-ken.jp/
Morino, Tsuneo, and Hisasi Nakazima. (eds.).
1997. A Dictionary of the Swahili
Language vol.6: T-Z. ISBN 4-87297-681-9. Tokyo: ILCAA
1996. A Dictionary of the Swahili
Language vol.5: N-S. ISBN 4-87297-063-2. Tokyo: ILCAA
1995. A Dictionary of the Swahili
Language vol.4: M. ISBN 4-87297-062-4. Tokyo: ILCAA
1993. A Dictionary of the Swahili
Language vol.3: K-L. ISBN 4-87297-058-6. Tokyo: ILCAA
1991. A Dictionary of the Swahili
Language vol.2: D-J. ISBN 4-87297-056-X. Tokyo: ILCAA
1990. A Dictionary of the Swahili
Language: A-C. ISBN 4-87297-054-3. Tokyo: ILCAA
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This website presents the outcomes of the joint research project 'A new perspective on descriptive linguistics in Africa based on the translingual ecology' (2021–2024). The digitization of original paper-based materials was carried out by research assistants Patricio Varela Almiron, Aoi Geka, and Tsuyoshi Kobayashi, within the framework of the joint research project 'The Past and Present of Bantu Languages: Integrating Micro-Typology, Historical-Comparative Linguistics and Lexicography' granted by JSPS Bilateral Programm (2021–2023; #12021230; PI Daisuke Shinagawa and Koen Bostoen). Our appreciation also extends to Toshiro Kamiya and Kanji Kato for their technical support.