{% extends 'base.html' %} {% block extra_css %} {% endblock %} {% block title %}{% trans %}About{% endtrans %} :: {%- endblock %} {% block content %}
{# Hide this on mobiles, because it is too big, and the name is in the header anyway #}

{{ app_name }}

{% trans %}A dictionary that understands what you're looking for.{% endtrans %}

{% trans %}(... And is mobile-friendly!){% endtrans %}

{# NOTE: Free as in gratis #}{% trans %}Free{% endtrans %}

{% trans %}Everything (or, well, almost everything) that concerns minority languages should be free. Here you'll find free dictionaries, and other analytical tools.{% endtrans %}

{% trans %}Open-Source{% endtrans %}

{% trans %}Everything here is based on open-source tools. Do you have an idea for an app or research project that needs linguistic resources? Visit Giellatekno's website for information on how to get access to lexicon files, and morphological and syntactic analyzers.{% endtrans %}

{% trans %}Linguistic basis{% endtrans %}

{% trans %}Write what you wish, and the dictionary will analyze it to break apart compound words and find base forms.{% endtrans %}

«manai»
→ «manai» V Ind Prt Sg1
→ «молемс»
→ {% trans %}mennä, lähteä, kulkea{% endtrans %}

{% trans %}Source material{% endtrans %}

{% trans %}mrj ↔ fin{% endtrans %}

{% trans %}Dictionaries for Hill Mari and Finnish are based on lexical material from a large array of dictionaries and written literature from the 20th and 21th centuries. A note-worthy dictionary is the Hill Mari - Russian dictionary by Anna A. Savatkova (1981). Translation work is being conducted at the University of Helsinki by Julia Kuprina with funding from the Kone Foundation.{% endtrans %}

   

 

{% trans %}More to come...{% endtrans %}

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