WikiTutur

WikiTutur is a language documentation program focusing on compiling audio recordings of vocabulary pronunciations in various languages of Indonesia through the use of Wiktionary and Lingua Libre. This project is run in Indonesia by volunteers from the Wikimedia Jakarta Community, in collaboration with other local Wikimedia communities in Indonesia.

WikiTutur was originally funded by a 2024 Wikimedia Foundation Rapid Grant under the name "WikiTutur: Kolaborasi Wiktionary dan Lingua Libre untuk Pelestarian Bahasa di Indonesia". The project was initiated by volunteers from the Wikimedia Jakarta Community, who worked together with other local Wikimedia communities in Indonesia to set up series of online and offline events.

Throughout the first phase of the project, workshops on language documentation using Wiktionary and Lingua Libre were conducted in several cities across Indonesia. These workshops trained a large cohort of participants from diverse language communities, targeting not only active Wikimedians but also the general public. This broad approach was able to introduce the language documentation initiative to a wide audience, though it was not without limitations, particularly in terms of depth. The second phase of the project is currently experimenting with a narrower approach, focusing on select languages and working together with non-Wikimedia agencies, organizations, and communities, in hope of bringing more depth.

Localisations for the project are under exploration; see also WikiKata, the sister project of WikiTutur in Malaysia.

Main activities:

1. Collect lexicographic materials, mainly vocabularies, their senses of meaning, and example sentences
2. Record audio files as pronunciation guides for the vocabularies and example sentences
3. Create and/or expand entry pages in Indonesian Wiktionary by adding lexicographic materials and audio files

WikiTutur: Kolaborasi Wiktionary dan Lingua Libre untuk Pelestarian Bahasa di Indonesia

• Program Manager: Ardzun
• Staff: Diahasy
• Grant application
• Final report

WikiTutur 2.0: Expanding Open-Access Lexicographic Materials for Languages in Western Indonesia

• Program manager: Ardzun
• Staff:
  • Swarabakti
  • Bangrapip
• Grant application

On-going event

• Digitalisasi bahasa daerah melalui kegiatan WikiTutur (Digitalizing regional languages through the WikiTutur program) — RRI.co.id, 11 February 2024.
• Lokakarya WikiTutur dukung kehadiran bahasa Palembang di digital (WikiTutur workshop supports the digital presence of Palembang language) — RRI.co.id, 23 November 2024.
• Bahasa Bakumpai mulai di digitalisasi, begini upaya penutur asli di Batola menjaganya (Bakumpai language is getting digitalized, this is how native speakers in Batola [Barito Kuala] preserve it) — Banjarmasinpost.co.id, 1 December 2024

• Wikimedia Language Diversity