Documentation:RelLex/Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì Multimedia Dictionary
Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì Multimedia Dictionary
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Language Name
Dogrib.
Alternate Language Names
Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì, Tlicho.
Region
Northwest Territories, Canada.
Who
Tłı̨chǫ Community Services Agency; UVic Linguistics Department.
Others Involved
Christopher Coey (Programmer and Designer); Mary Siemens, Tammy Steinwand-Deschambeault, Rosa Mantla, Wendy Mantla, Mary Koyina Richardson, Leslie Saxon, Christopher Coey (Development Team); Marie Louise Bouvier White, Rosa Mantla, George Bailey, Josie Bishop, Anita Daniels, Leona Lafferty, Mason Mantla, Mary Koyina Richardson (Voice Recordings); Adar Anisman, Angel Hall, SooYoun Ham, Aliana Parker, Matthew Richards, Nicholas Welch (Research Assistants); Dogrib Divisional Board of Education, Tłı̨chǫ Community Services Agency, Tłı̨chǫ Government, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, University of Victoria Office of the Vice-President Research, University of Victoria Department of Linguistics (Funding); University of Victoria Office of Research Services, University of Victoria Department of Linguistics, Tracy Beaulieu, Lucy Lafferty, Gisele Marion, Jim Martin, Jim Stauffer, Carole Tinqui (Contributors and Supporters).
Publishing Information
Launched 2006 by the Tłı̨chǫ Community Services Agency and UVic Linguistics Department. This digital dictionary does not display any information on update dates, and is no longer updated. This dictionary is no longer available at its URL and can only be accessed through the Internet Archive.
How People are Cited
People are cited on the Credits page of the site.
How Information is Cited
Speakers are cited by name on the Credits page of the site. Previous publications are cited on the Home page of the site.
Where is Information Coming from
Information in this dictionary comes from the print version of Tłı̨chǫ Yatıì Enįhtł’è/Dogrib Dictionary published in 1996 by the Dogrib Divisional Board of Education (now the Tłı̨chǫ Community Services Agency). Speakers also contributed information to this dictionary.
Tools and Framework used
This dictionary is a multimedia website and includes images and audio. It was also available as a multimedia mobile app as of 2012.
Access
This dictionary is open access on the Internet Archive. The mobile app is no longer available on the iTunes store as of mid 2024. This dictionary is no longer available at its URL and can only be accessed through the Internet Archive.
Included Languages and Directionality
Dogrib to English. The search function operates in both directions.
Dialects Included
No dialect is specified for this dictionary.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, multimedia, online dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
Entries are automatically organized alphabetically by Dogrib. Entries include the Dogrib headword, the part of speech, the English translation, and the topic. Many entries also include an audio recording of the Dogrib term, an illustration, and a phrase for context in Dogrib and its English translation. By clicking on the '+' beside the headword, users can see more example phrases and sentences.
The dictionary's search functions are detailed, as described at the top of the Main Dictionary page. Entries can be searched by term, sound, illustration, part of speech, English translation, context phrase, or topic. Topics include clothing and footwear, tools and equipment, body and health, people, time, land and places, travel, sky and weather, food and eating, living creatures, family, descriptive words, fire and water, shelter and building, numbers and amounts, sewing and handwork, communications and speaking, plants, situations and happenings, hunting and fishing, mind and spirit, relationships between things, moving things, community and culture, and government and law. Items typed into the Quick Filter search box can be searched at the beginning of an entry or simply contained within an entry. We are not able to confirm the dictionary's search capacities due to the website failing to load.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
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| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | At the top of the Main Dictionary page |
| Audio | ✅ | |
| Images | ✅ | |
| Example phrases | ✅ | Within the Context Sentence column and by accessing additional information about the word through the '+' button |
| Speakers marked | ❌ | |
| Dialects marked | ❌ |
Other Notes
The different pages may take a long time to load through the Internet Archive, and some functions may not be able to load, such as search results and pages of words beyond the first page. In order to listen to the audio clips, users must open the audio clips by clicking on the file name.
External Links
Open access on the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20190209231628/http://tlicho.ling.uvic.ca/users/mainview.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
An article on University of Victoria's Linguistics site describing the mobile app: https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/linguistics/resources/software/yati/index.php