ICT and more for Lulogooli

Posted by Lung'afa Igunza March 13, 2022

ICT and more for Lulogooli

Table DNA of Lulogooli

The above table format is a compressed outline of near all Logooli word-building elements for use in Logooli lexicon development.

Developing a comprehensive Logooli Lexicon diction is an enormous task enough to wreck lots of resources and time. But there is a way we can put the process to fast half-lives through stretching Logooli understanding and applying computing technology.

By stretching Logooli understanding we mean finding and organizing all elements of words. These elements are often repeated in other word-building ways. Clear listing of them and distinguishing is what we can term as written orthography of Lulogooli and such is an easy pattern for teaching the language.

Understanding what element combines with what (and which) for what meaning or meanings would be such a long paper work for the hand. With a possibility of 10,000+ combinations for only one root verb, it is expected to be a repetitive exercise. One word meaning from another often being distinguished by a letter, syllable or other combination. An algorithm that would master on this logic would have solved the much needed Logooli dictionary of words.

Tone marking on an open-source spell-checker interface is the next hurdle. Lulogooli is largely a tonal language and an attempt is made to discover 'sources of tone'. Whereas tone was largely a reserve of short and long vowels, it is, with the table above, 'checked' by full wordings against a random speech rush that compensated much in tone shift. This is however not to deny that tone remains an important factor to consider and a phonetic providence for words would be very helpful.

The purpose to this is to e-document Lulogooli in easily retrievable and quickly convertible modes, spurring Logooli language to the world-map and locally a knowledge-based society.

The following are some of the key points are drawn from the table. They are separately discussed in articles to elaborate. Where highlighted follow for more info.