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Building Text and Speech Benchmark Datasets and Models for Low‐Resourced East African Languages: Experiences and Lessons

Applied AI Letters, Volume 5, Issue 2, April 2024.
This paper discusses the process taken to create, curate and annotate text and speech corpus for low‐resourced languages in East Africa. ABSTRACT Africa has over 2000 languages; however, those languages are not well represented in the existing natural language processing ecosystem.
Joyce Nakatumba‐Nabende, Claire Babirye, Peter Nabende, Jeremy Francis Tusubira, Jonathan Mukiibi, Eric Peter Wairagala, Chodrine Mutebi, Tobius Saul Bateesa, Alvin Nahabwe, Hewitt Tusiime, Andrew Katumba   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sources of knowledge empowerment amongst pregnant women with TB disease: A qualitative study in South Africa

Health Expectations, Volume 27, Issue 1, February 2024.
Abstract Background Providing relevant knowledge to empower all pregnant women diagnosed and nondiagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) is essential worldwide. Proper dissemination of health information for pregnant women could assist in preventing TB complications amongst women and babies.
Mulondo Seani Adrinah, Khoza Lunic Base, Lebese Rachel Tsakani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceived Value and Purchase Influence of YouTube Beauty Vlog Content Amongst Generation Y Female Consumers

Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Globally and in South Africa, the beauty industry, which includes high‐involvement products such as skincare, fragrance, makeup, and haircare products, is experiencing robust growth, something partially attributed to the rapidly growing influence of beauty social media influencers.
Ayesha L. Bevan-Dye, Mahmaod Alrawad
wiley   +1 more source

Probing Proverbial Propositions in Xitsonga Discourse in Vutlhari bya Vatsonga Machangana and Tinhlungu ta Rixaka Dictionary.

Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture
Vatsonga largely rely on proverbial expressions and other forms of figurative language in their daily discourse to convey various messages and lessons.
Ndzalama Maluleke
doaj   +1 more source

Experience of Burden of Care and Support Needs of Informal Caregivers of Persons With Severe Mental Disorders in Rural South Africa: A Qualitative Study

Mental Illness, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Severe mental disorders are chronic and disabling conditions marked by serious functional impairments. As a result, persons with severe mental disorders require long‐term care from their family, relatives, or friends. Providing care is accompanied by negative experiences that result in distress for the caregivers, and as such, they require support to ...
Olindah Silaule, Nokuthula G. Nkosi, Fasloen Adams, Mirko Manchia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linguistic Exclusion in South African E-Governance

Digital Policy Studies
Digital platforms offer new avenues for public service access, yet indigenous communities like Xitsonga speakers in South Africa face exclusion due to language barriers in e-government and ICT tools.
Janine Shout Ramothwa
doaj   +1 more source

The semantics of expressive interjections in Xitsonga

Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
This study explores the world of expressive interjections and their nuanced meanings in Xitsonga. Expressive interjections are essential linguistic components for emotive and informative communication, enabling the conveyance of affective states, and are integral to human expression.
Respect Mlambo, Madala Crous Hlungwani
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Variables associated with Grade R English Additional Language acquisition in multilingual rural Mpumalanga schools

South African Journal of Education, 2016
In a previous study Moodley, Kritzinger and Vinck (2014) found that formal English Additional Language (EAL) instruction contributed significantly better to listening and speaking skills in Grade R learners, than did a play-based approach. The finding in
P Moodley, A Kritzinger, B Vinck
doaj   +1 more source

The use of Xitsonga at the University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus)

South African Journal of Higher Education, 2016
This article examines the acceptability of Xitsonga as a medium of instruction and learning at the University of Limpopo. Currently, English dominates the higher education environment because almost all the universities in South Africa utilise it as a medium of instruction for teaching and learning.
Delina Nkwashu, Richard Ndwayamato Madadzhe, Sikhetho Joe Jubayi   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Borrowing and Loan Words: The Lemmatizing of Newly Acquired Lexical Items in Sesotho sa Leboa

Lexikos, 2011
<p>ABSTRACT: The influence of foreign languages in Sesotho sa Leboa, or Northern Sotho, results in borrowing, which ultimately leads to an increase in the vocabulary of Sesotho sa Leboa.
V.M. Mojela
doaj   +1 more source