FUNDAMENATAL RESEARCH ON LEXICOGRAPHY FOR AFRICAN LANGUAGES

继1993年出版的《林加拉语词汇》之后，今年又根据前几年的田野调查资料编写了南德语词汇。南德语（英语：Nande）是一种班图语（J.42），分布于扎伊尔东部。编译程序如下：首先，将数据输入计算机，制成文本文件，即只由键盘上可用的字母组成的文件。南德语是一种很难用计算机处理的语言，因为它的语音字符是用j（近i）和U（近u）与声调标记结合起来的。使用文本文件的优点之一是它们可以用于计算机查询。以林加拉语和南德语为例，非洲班图语证明很容易用计算机处理。

Following the Vocabulary of Lingala published in 1993, a vocabulary of Nande was compiled this year with the data obtained through fieldworks in previous years. Nande is a Bantu language (J.42) spoken in the eastern part of Zaire. The compilation procedure is as follows.First, the data were put in a computer making a text file, i.e.a file composed only of letters available on the keyboard. Then this text file were processed in order to have it printed with normal phonetic symbols, with the help of a printing program prepared independently.Nande is a farely difficult language to treat with a computer because of its phonetic characters using j(close i) and U(close u) combined with tone marks. One of the merits of using text files is that as such they can be used for computer inquiry.With examples of Lingala and Nande, the Bantu languages of Africa prove to be easily treated with computers.