Lexikongo is a collaborative dictionary dedicated to the Kikongo language... with translations in French and English, and simplified phonetics to make learning easier.

Aujourd'hui, Lexikongo se concentre on the Kikongo with of translations vers the French and the English. Of'autres langues pourront be ajoutées progressivement.

Lexikongo is for learners, native speakers, teachers... researchers, and anyone curious to discover the Kikongo language.

The consultation of the lexicon and the creation of a account user are currently gratuites. You can soutenir the projet via the contributions and dons si you the souhaitez.

• • User : can view the words, verbs and fiches publiques.
• • Contributor : can submit of new words and verbs qui seront validés by a administrator.
• • Administrator : gère the submissions, valide or rejette the contenus and supervise the plateforme.

You can view the dictionary without account. In revanche, a account is required for submit of new words, verbs or suivre your submissions.

Create a account, puis signalez your intérêt for contribute. Selon the besoins of the projet, a administrator pourra you attribuer the role of contributor.

The verification of e-mail permet of sécuriser your account and of limiter the abus. Elle is utilisée uniquement for the authentification and the security.

• • Words (nouns): with their singular form, plural form, noun class, phonetics, and translations.
• • Verbs: with the infinitive, verb root, optional suffix, phonetics, and translations.

Idealement : the singulier, the plural, the class noun class, the phonetics and to the less a translation in French or in English.

The infinitive, the verb root, the optional suffix, the phonetics, and at least one translation in French or English.

Administrators can add words and verbs directly to the dictionary. Contributors submit entries that go through a validation step before publication.

• • Pending: the submission has been received and still needs to be reviewed by an administrator.
• • Approved: the word or verb has been validated and added to the public dictionary.
• • Rejected : the submission n'has pas been retenue (souvent with a raison for you aider to the improve).

The délai dépend of the activity of administrators and of the volume of submissions. The'objectif is of traiter the contributions in of délais raisonnables, without sacrifier the qualité linguistique.

As long as a submission is pending, it can be corrected or completed through the contributor interface. If it is rejected, you can usually submit an improved new version.

The submissions approuvées or rejected are archivées pendant a période limitée afin of garder a historique of moderation, puis nettoyées for alléger the database of data.

Lexikongo stores the information required for the service to work... plus a few metadata items such as account creation and login dates.

The words of passe are chiffrés côté serveur to the aide of bonnes pratiques of security before of be enregistrés in database of data. Ils ne are jamais stored in clair.

The session utilise a jeton secure (JWT) stored in a cookie HttpOnly afin of limiter the risques of attaque côté navigateur.

You can find all the information on the dedicated page: Privacy policy / Privacy & data.

Oui, the structure of Lexikongo permet of add of autres langues of translation to the avenir afin of toucher a public encore more large.

A système of notifications (by exemple for signaler qu'a submission is approved or rejected) fait partie of pistes of amélioration prévues.

Oui, the objectif is of enrich Lexikongo with of outils pédagogiques, of statistiques of contribution and, to terme, of features additional for the apprentissage of the Kikongo.