Actant Dictionary

Need to Act?

Each language is a mother tongue.

Each child and each learner is entitled to (learning) content in its mother tongue.

To close the online content gap, each language needs a community of local online content producers and an online encyclopedia.

For many of the languages that face an online content gap, the estimated number of speakers is indicated.

Other languages that don't meet the Wikipedia-Manx Benchmark, are classified as emerging, and their level is indicated (0, 1, or 2).

Especially for languages with 100,000 or more speakers, an online encyclopedia initiative that targets about 3700 basic articles for the language is most desirable, among others for educational reasons.

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Each language link refers to the wikipedia page on the language, which includes the names of the countries where the language is spoken.

A

• Acoli(800.000), hence the need for a Acoli Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Adangme(800.000) hence the need for a Adangme Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Adyghe(500.000) hence the need for a Adyghe Online Encyclopedia
• Afar(1,500,000) hence the need for a Afar Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Afrihili(constructed language)
• Angika(750,000) hence the need for a Angika Online Encyclopedia
• Aramaic(2,200,000) hence the need for a Aramaic Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Assyrian Neo Aramaic (220,000) hence the need for a Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Australian languages(about 150 indigenous languages, some spoken by up to 3000 people)
• Awadhi(38,000,000) hence the need for a Awadhi Online Encyclopedia initiative

B

• Balinese(3,900,000) hence the need for a Balinese Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Baluchi(8,000,000) hence the need for a Baluchi Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Bamileke languages(3,500,000) hence the need for a Bamileke Languages Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Bariba(560,000) hence the need for a Bariba Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Basa(100,000) hence the need for a Basa Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Batak (Indonesian)(5,000,000) hence the need for a Batak Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Beja(1,200,000) hence the need for a Beja Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Bemba(4,200,000) hence the need for a Bemba Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Bhojpuri(38,500,000) hence the need for a Bhojpuri Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Bini(1,000,000) hence the need for a Edo (Bini) Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Blin(70,000) hence the need for a Blin Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Braj(11,100,000) hence the need for a Braj Online Encyclopedia initiative

C

• Carib(7,000) hence the need for a Carib Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Chamic languages (ten languages spoken in parts of Cambodia, Vietnam and Hainan, with 3,000 to 280,00 speakers per language) hence the need for a Chamic Languages Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Chaldean Neo Aramaic (200,000) hence the need for a Chaldean Neo-Aramaic Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Chipewyan(12,000) hence the need for a Chipewyan Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Chuukese(45,000) hence the need for a Chuukese Online Encyclopedia initiative

Creoles and pidgins (English based):

• Jamaican Patois (3,100,000) hence the need for a Jamaican Patois Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Belizean Creole (380,000) hence the need for a Belizian Creole Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Bahamian Creole (400,000) hence the need for a Bahamian Creole Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Gullah (250,000) hence the need for a Gullah Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Antiguan Creole (125,000) hence the need for a Antiguan Creole Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Bajan (259,000) hence the need for a Bajan Creole Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Grenadian Creole (89,000) hence the need for a Grenadian Creole Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Guyanese Creole(>1,000,000) hence the need for a Guyanese Creole Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Virgin Islands Creole; Saint Martin Creole; Netherlands Antilles Creole (>100,000)
• Saint Kitts Creole (<100,000) hence the need for a Saint Kitts Creole Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Sierra Leone Krio (6,250,000) hence the need for a Sierra Leone Krio Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Nigerian Pidgin (75,000,000 –mostly as 2nd language; native of 3 to 5 million ) hence the need for a Nigerian Pidgin Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Aku dialect (481,600) hence the need for a Aku Dialect Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Cameroonian Creole (10,000,000 mostly as 2nd language; native of about one million) hence the need for a Cameroonian Creole Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Kreyol (1,500,000 mostly as 2nd language) hence the need for a Kreyol Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Bislama (200,000 mostly as 2nd language; native of about 6,200) hence the need for a Bislama Online Encyclopedia initiative

Creoles and pidgins (French based):

• Antillean Creole (1,206,000) hence the need for a Antillean Creole Online Encyclopedia initiative
• French Guiana Creole (217,000) hence the need for a French Guiana Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Garifuna (300,000) hence the need for a Garifuna Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Mauritian Creole (1,200,000) hence the need for a Mauritian Creole Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Réunion_Creole(600,000) hence the need for a Réunion Creole Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Seychellois Creole (72,700) hence the need for a Seychellois Creole Online Encyclopedia initiative

Creoles and pidgins (Portuguese based):

• Guinea-Bissau Creole (600,000 as 2nd language; native of about 159,000) hence the need for a Guinea-Bissau Creole Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Cape Verdean Creole (926,000) hence the need for a Cape Verdean Creole Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Forro Language (70,000) hence the need for a Forro Language Online Encyclopedia initiative

D

• Dakota(15,400)
• Dargwa(439,000) hence the need for a Dargwa Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Dari (Afghan Persian)(12-15million) hence the need for a Dari Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Dinka(2-3 million) hence the need for a Dinka Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Dogri(2,000,000) hence the need for a Dogri Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Dongxiang(250,000) hence the need for a Dongxiang Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Duala(90,000) hence the need for a Duala Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Dungan(41,000)
• Dyula(2,700,000) hence the need for a Dyula Online Encyclopedia initiative

E

• Efik(3,500,000) hence the need for a Efik Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Ekajuk(30,000) hence the need for a Ekajuk Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Ewondo(600,000) hence the need for a Ewondo Online Encyclopedia initiative

F

• Fang(860,000) hence the need for a Fang Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Fon(1,700,000) hence the need for a Fon Online Encyclopedia initiative

G

• Ga(600,000) hence the need for a Ga Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Gayo(550,000) hence the need for a Gayo Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Gilbertese(102,000) hence the need for a Gilbertese Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Gondi(2,000,000) hence the need for a Gondi Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Gorontalo(900,000) hence the need for a Gorontalo Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Grebo(265,000) hence the need for a Grebo Online Encyclopedia initiative

H

• Hawaiian Pidgin English(600,000) hence the need for a Hawaiian Pidgin English Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Hiligaynon(7 million 1st language, 4 million 2nd language) hence the need for a Hiligayon Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Hmong(over 4,000,000) hence the need for a Hmong Online Encyclopedia initiative

I

• Iban(400,000) hence the need for a Iban Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Ingush(413,000) hence the need for a Ingush Online Encyclopedia initiative

J
K

• Kabardian(1,632,500) hence the need for a Kabardian Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Kachin, Jingpho(900,000) hence the need for a Kachin, Jingpho Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Kamba(2,450,000) hence the need for a Kamba Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Karelian(118,000) hence the need for a Karelian Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Karen(3,000,000) hence the need for a Karen Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Khasi(865,000) hence the need for a Khasi Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Kimbundu(3,000,000) hence the need for a Kimbundu Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Konkani(3,600,000) hence the need for a Konkani Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Koyraboro Senni (>400,000) hence the need for a Koyraboro Senni Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Kpelle(500,000) hence the need for a Kpelle Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Kru(3,500,000) hence the need for a Kru Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Kumyk(422,550) hence the need for a Kumyk Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Kurukh(>2,000,000) hence the need for a Kurukh Online Encyclopedia initiative

L

• Lamba(210,000) hence the need for a Lamba Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Lezghian(784,000) hence the need for a Lezghian Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Lozi(500,000) hence the need for a Lozi Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Luba-Katanga(1,500,000) hence the need for a Luba Katanga Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Luba-lulua, Luba-Kasai(9,500,000) hence the need for a Luba Kasai Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Lunda(400,000) hence the need for a Lunda Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) (4,410,000) hence the need for a Luo Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Lushai; Mizo(>700,000) hence the need for a Lushai; Mizo Online Encyclopedia initiative

M

• Madurese(14,000,000) hence the need for a Madurese Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Magahi(13,000,000) hence the need for a Magahi Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Maithili(34,700,000) hence the need for a Maithili Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Makasar(1,600,000) hence the need for a Makasar Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Mandar(200,000) hence the need for a Mandar Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Mandingo(5,300,000) hence the need for a Mandingo Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Maninka; Malinke (3,300,000) hence the need for a Maninka Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Marwari(13,000,000) hence the need for a Marwari Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Masai(900,000) hence the need for a Masai Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Mayan languages(6,000,000) hence the need for a Mayan Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Mazandarani, Tabari(3-4,5 million) hence the need for a Mazandarani Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Mende(1,500,000) hence the need for a Mende Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Minangkabau(6,500,000) hence the need for a Minangkabau Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Mosha; Nakhi(300,000) hence the need for a Nakhi Mosha Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Mongo(400,000) hence the need for a Mongo Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Mossi, Moore (5,040,000) hence the need for a Mossi Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Munda languages(9,000,000) hence the need for a Munda Online Encyclopedia initiative

N

• Nahuatl(1,500,000) hence the need for a Nahuatl Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Ndebele North(1,558,000) hence the need for a Northern Ndebele Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Ndebele South(587,000) hence the need for a Southern Ndebele Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Ngbaka Gbaya (1,000,000) hence the need for a Ngbake Gbaya Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Nias(770,000) hence the need for a Nias Online Encyclopedia initiative
• N’ko(27,000,000) hence the need for a N'Ko Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Nogai(90,000) hence the need for a Nogai Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Northern Sotho; Pedi; Sepedi(4,210,000) hence the need for a Northern Sotho Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Nobiin (495,000) hence the need for a Nobiin Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Nyamwezi(1,500,000) hence the need for a Nyamwezi Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Nyankole(2,330,000) hence the need for a Nyankole Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Nyoro(about a million) hence the need for a Nyoro Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Nzima(300,000) hence the need for a Nzima Online Encyclopedia initiative

O

• Ojibwa(56,500) hence the need for a Ojibwe Online Encyclopedia initiative

P

• Palauan(15,000) hence the need for a Palauan Online Encyclopedia initiative.
• Pohnpeian(29,000) hence the need for a Pohnpeian Online Encyclopedia initiative

Q
R

• Rajasthani(80,000,000) hence the need for a Rajasthani Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Rarotongan(43,000) hence the need for a Rarotongan Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Riff,Rifian(4,000,000) hence the need for a Riff/Rifian Online Encyclopedia initiative

S

• Sandawe(40,000) hence the need for a Sandawe Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Santali(6,050,000) hence the need for a Santali Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Sasak(2,100,000) hence the need for a Sasak Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Serer(1,183,000) hence the need for a Serer Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Shan(3,300,000) hence the need for a Shan Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Shilha (3 to 8 million) hence the need for a Shilha Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Sidamo(2,981,000) hence the need for a Sidamo Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Sioux (33,000) hence the need for Sioux Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Soninke(1,097,000) hence the need for a Soninke Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Southern Altai(20,000) hence the need for a Southern Altai Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Sukuma(5,500,000) hence the need for a Sukuma Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Susu,Soso(>1,000,000) hence the need for a Susu/Soso Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Swabian(819,000) hence the need for a Swabian Online Encyclopedia initiative

T

• Tadaksahak (31,800) hence the need for a Tadaksahak Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Tamashek, Tuareg(1,200,000) hence the need for a Tamashek/Tuareg Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Tamazight, Central Atlas (3-5 million) hence the need for a Tamazight Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Tigre(1,500,000) hence the need for a Tigre Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Timne(1,000,000) hence the need for a Timne Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Tiv(2,210,000) hence the need for a Tiv Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Tonga (Nyasa); Chitonga(1,517,000) hence the need for a Tonga (Nyasa) Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Tuvalu(10,000) hence the need for a Tuvalu Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Tuvinian(264,400) hence the need for a Tuvinian Online Encyclopedia initiative

U

• Umbundu(4,000,000) hence the need for a http://www.actor-atlas.info/s-initiative:ed-umbundu-encyclopedia Umbundu Online Encyclopedia initiative]

V

• Vai(119,500) hence the need for a Vai Online Encyclopedia initiative

W

• Walamo,Woylatta(1,628,000) hence the need for a Walamo/Woylatta Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Wayuu(305,000) hence the need for a Wayuu Online Encyclopedia initiative

X Y

• Yao(1,916,000) hence the need for a Yao Online Encyclopedia initiative

Z

• Zande(1,200,000) hence the need for a Zande Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Zapotec(500,000) hence the need for a Zapotec Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Zarma, Djerma(2,400,000) hence the need for a Zarma/Djerma Online Encyclopedia initiative
• Zaza; Dimili(about 2 million) hence the need for a Zaza/Dimili Online Encyclopedia initiative

Emerging Wikipedia’s

A Abkhazian(1) Achinese(2) Akan(1) Assamese(1) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic(2) Avaric(1) Aymara(2) B Bambara(1) Banjar(2) Banyumasan(2) Bashkir(2) Bihari(2) Bikol(2) Bislama(1) Buriat(1) C Chamorro(1) Chavacano de Zamboanga(2) Chechen(2) Cherokee(1) Cheyenne(1) Chichewa(1) Choctaw(0) Cornish(2) Cree(1) Creek; Muscogee(0) Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish(2) D Divehi; Maldivian(2) Dzongka(1) E Emiliano-Romagnolo(2) Erzya(2) Ewe(1) F Fiji Hindi(2) Fijian(1) Friulian(2) Fulah; Peul(1) G Ganda; Luganda(1) Gothic(1) Guarani(2) H Hakka(2) Hausa(1) Hawaiian(2) Herero(0) Hiri Motu(0) I Igbo(1) Iloko(2) Inuktitut(1) Inupiaq(1) J K Kabyle(1/2) Kalaallisut; Greenlandic(2) Kalmyk; Oirat(2) Kanuri(0) Karachay-Balkar(2) Kara-Kalpak(1) Kashmiri(1) Kashubian(2) Khmer(2) Kikuyu; Gikuyu(1) Kinyarwanda(2) Komi(2) Kongo(1) Kuanyama(0) Kyrgyz(2) L Ladino(2) Lao(1) Ligurian(2) Lingala(2) Lojban(2) Lower Sorbain(1) M Maltese(2) Mari(2) Marshallese(0) Min Dong; Eastern Min(1) Mirandese(1) Moksha (1) Moldavian(1) N Nauru(1) Navajo(2) Ndonga(0) Northern Sami(2) O Oriya(1) Oromo(1) P Pali(2) Pangasinan(2) Papiamento(2) Punjabi(2) Pushto(2) Q R Raeto-Romance(2) Romany(1) Rundi; Kirundi(1) S Samoan(1) Sango(1) Sardinian(2) Shona(1) Sichuan Yi(0) Sindhi(1) Somali(2) Sorani(2) Sotho southern(1) Sranan Togo(1/2) Swati(1) Syriac(-) T Tahitian(1/2) Tetum(1) Tibetan(2) Tigrinya(1) Tok Pisin(1/2) Tonga (Tonga Islands) (2) Tsonga(1) Tswana(1) Tumbuka(1) Twi(1) U Udmurt(2) Uighur(2) V Venda(1) W Wolof(2) Wu(2) X Xhosa(1) Y Z Kirdki; Kirmanjki; Zazaki(2) Zhuang; Chuang(1) Zulu(1)

Description

For details, see: list of wikipedias.

An online encyclopedia for any language comes close to ''educational content'' that is "Mutually Exclusive and Collectively Exhaustive" or MECE¹. An online encyclopedia is therefore a recommended channel for providing educational content.

By creating an online encyclopedia for a developing country language, the partnership addresses the constraint lack of educational resources in the native language, in a manner that is rather insensitive to the very severe financing gaps constraint that each and every developing country faces.

Considering articles 17² and 4³ of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, such initiatives are in line with prevailing international agreements.

Availability

Internet, with a range of access channels, ranging from mobile devices, to desktops at telekiosks or internet cafes.

In the below lists, these levels are used (February 2011):

• 6: 1000000+ articles
• 5: 100000+ articles
• 4: 10000+ articles
• 3: 3734+ articles⁴ = the Wikipedia-Manx Benchmark
• 2: 1000+ articles
• 1: 33+ articles
• 0: less than 20 articles
• -: < 100 articles (or not set yet, in that case the url is that of the wikipedia page of the language), the estimated number of speakers is provided between brackets.

Blueprint

Baseline

Languages in Baseline pass the Wikipedia-Manx Benchmark which stands currently at 3734 articles for the language.

A Afrikaans(4) Albanian(4) Alemani(3) Amharic(3) Arabic(5) Aragonese(4) Armenian(4) Aromanian(4) Asturian(4) Azerbaijani(4) B Basque(4) Belarusian(4) Belarusian(Taraskievica(4) Bengali(4) Bikol(3) Bosnian(4) Breton(4) Buginese(3) Bulgarian(5) Burmese(3) C Catalan; Valencian(5) Cebuano(4) Chinese(5) Chuvash(4) Classical Newari; Classical Nepal Basha(4) Corsican(3) Croatian(4) Czech(5) D Danish(5) Dutch; Flemish(5) E English (6) Esperanto(5) Estonian(4) F Faroese(3) Farsi, Persian (5) Finnish(5) French(6) G Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic(3/4) Galician(4) Gan(3) Georgian(4) German (6) Gilaki(3) Greek(4) Gujarati(4) H Haitian; Haitian Creole(4) Hebrew(5) Hindi(4) Hungarian(5) I Icelandic(4) Ido(4) Indonesian(5) Interlingue(3) Irish(4) Italian(5) J Japanese(5) Javanese(4) K Kannada(4) Kazakh(3) Korean(5) Kurdish(4) L Latin(4) Latvian(4) Limburgan(3) Lithuanian(5) Low German (Low Saxon)(4) Letzeburgesch(4) M Macedonian(4) Malagasy(3) Malay(5) Malayalam(4) Manipuri, Bishnupriya Manipuri(4) Manx(3) Maori(3) Marathi(4) Masri; Egyptian Arabic(3) Mongolian(3) N Nahuatl(3) Neapolitan(4) Nepali(4) Norwegian Bokmal(5) Norwegian Nynorsk(4) O Ossetian(3) P Pampangan(3) Panjabi(4) Polish(5) Portuguese(5) Q Quechua(4) R Romanian(5) Russian(5) S Samogitian(4) Sanskrit(3) Scots(3) Serbian(5) Serbo-Croatian(4) Sicilian(4) Sinhala; Sinhalese(3) Slovak(5) Slovenian(5) Southern Min (Min Nan)(3/4) Spanish(5) Sundanese(4) Swahili(4) Swedish(5) T Tagalog(4) Tajik(3/4) Tamil(4) Tatar(3) Telugu(4) Thai(4) Turkish(5) Turkmen(3) U Ukrainian(5) Upper Sorbian(3) Urdu(4) Uzbek(3) V Vietnamese(5) Volapuk(5) W Walloon(4) Waray(5) Welsh(4) X Y Yakut(3) Yiddish(3/4) Yoruba(4) Yue (Cantonese)(4) Z

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