Online Dictionaries by National Lexicography Units
Mobile and Online Dictionary of South African English
[Over 4000 uniquely South African words across three centuries, browsable by category]
Aanlyn WAT
[Online version of the Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal]
Na tuisblad Aanlyn WAT
Pukuntšutlhaloši ya Sesotho sa Leboa ka Inthanete
[Online Explanatory Northern Sotho Dictionary]
Tšwela pele
Lexicographic resources by Afrilex Members
e-Eiwanika ly'Olusoga
[Online Lusoga Dictionary]
Nabirye, M. (2012, Menha Publishers & TshwaneDJe HLT)
My HAT Storiewoordeboek
Rode, L. (2010, Pearson)
Winner of the prestigious 2011 ATKV Word Wise Award! More info ...
Online Dictionary Chichewa/Chinyanja – English and English – Chichewa/ Chinyanja
Oxford Bilingual School Dictionary: Zulu and English / Isichazamazwi Sesikole Esinezilimi Ezimbili: IsiZulu NesiNgisi, Esishicilelwe abakwa-Oxford
De Schryver, G-M et al. (2010, OUP SA)
Winner of the prestigious 2012 SATI Dictionary Award! More info ...
Eiwanika ly’Olusoga
[Monolingual Lusoga Dictionary]
Nabirye, M. (2009, Menha Publishers)
Oxford Bilingual School Dictionary: Northern Sotho and English / Pukuntšu ya Polelopedi ya Sekolo: Sesotho sa Leboa le Seisimane. E gatišitšwe ke Oxford
De Schryver, G-M et al. (2007, OUP SA)
Winner of the prestigious 2009 SATI Dictionary Award! More info ...
Oxford Afrikaans-Engels English-Afrikaans Skoolwoordeboek School Dictionary
Louw, P. et al. (2007, OUP SA)
Winner of the prestigious 2008 ATKV Word Wise Award! More info ...
Online Kiswahili (Swahili) – English Dictionary
Hillewaert, S. et al. (2004)
The Web's most popular Swahili dictionary.
N|uu – Namagowab – Afrikaans – English Dictionary
Sands, B. and Jones, K. (2022)
A comprehensive multilingual dictionary made in collaboration with N|uu, Namagowab and "Onse Afrikaans" speakers.
CEL Collection
Various editors and authors (2007-2023)
Issues of the Coleção Linguística, which include dictionaries and other lexicographically relevant publications.
Gwanga la Mafala ya Ncinyungwe – Dicionário Geral Monolingue da Língua Nyungwe
General Monlingual Dictionary of the Nyungwe Language
Ibali Digital Collections (ǂKhomani | Hugh Brody archive)
All the materials, especially N|uu, Nama, Onse Afrikaans and Kora language data, that were generated over 15 years of work with the ǂKhomani of the southern Kalahari by various researchers.
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The Asian Association for Lexicography
The Australasian Association for Lexicography
Dictionary Society of North America
Electronic lexicography in the 21st century
The European Association for Lexicography
Global Alliance for Lexicography
International Society for Historical Lexicography and Lexicology
South African Centre for Digital Language Resources
Other Lexicography Initiatives
ELEXIS
FrameNet
Google Scholar
GWA
P. Hanks
TshwaneLex Suite
Lexonomy
Local Associations Interested in the Study of Language
African Language Association of Southern Africa
ALASA Special Interest Group: Language and Speech Technology Development
Linguistic Society of Southern Africa
Southern African Applied Linguistics Association
South African Association for Language Teaching
South African Translators' Institute
Southern African Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Society
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