Creating Marathi WordNet
Marathi is the language spoken primarily by the native people of Maharashtra, a state of Indian subcontinent. There are about 90 million people who speak Marathi worldwide. It is the oldest of the Indo-Aryan regional languages. It is thought to be approxi
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WordNet in Indian Languages
The WordNet in Indian Languages
Niladri Sekhar Dash · Pushpak Bhattacharyya Jyoti D. Pawar Editors
The WordNet in Indian Languages
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Editors Niladri Sekhar Dash Linguistic Research Unit Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata, West Bengal India
Jyoti D. Pawar Department of Computer Science and Technology Goa University Taleigao, Goa India
Pushpak Bhattacharyya Department of Computer Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay Mumbai India
ISBN 978-981-10-1907-4 ISBN 978-981-10-1909-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-1909-8 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016943855 © Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Science+Business Media Singapore Pte Ltd.
Preface
IndoWordNet: A Rainbow in the Indian Lexical Panorama 1. The Mission The IndoWordNet is a consortium-mode multilingual project that was to develop WordNets for seven Indian languages, namely (in alphabetical order) Bangla, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Konkani, Odia, Punjabi, and Urdu. It is funded by the Department of Electronics Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communication & Information Technology (MCIT), Govt. of India, and is executed by a consortium of nine academic institutions of India, namely the Goa University, Goa (the Consortium Leader); Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai; Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; Dharmasinh Desai University, Nadiad; University of Kashmir, Srinagar; University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad; Punjabi University, Patiala; Thapar University, Patiala; and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The final deliverable of the project is the integrated WordNet (http://www.cfilt.iitb.ac.in/indowordnet) consisting of minimum of 30,000 linked synsets for each of the seven languages included in the project (Table 1). The work on development of WordNet for India
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