The New Features in XOBDO (The one and only online multi-lingual dictionary of the languages of the North-East India):
1. An Assamese interface including the error messages (almost 85% translated), first ever in any website. 2. Three color schemes to choose from - RedRiver, BlueHill and the original GreenTea. 3. Discussion at the submission analysis itself. 4. The option of Phrase (খণ্ডবাক্য) included in the Idioms entry part. 5. A new fast word submission and analysis mechanism. 6. The search is asynchronous. Only the result is replaced. 7. A dynamic panel displaying different information in the homepage. It also retrieves GoogleGroups posts. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XOBDO is the brainchild of Bikram M Baruah. He is the co-ordinator of XOBDO.He is a petroleum engineer now based in Abu Dhabi. There are 1556 members in Xobdo. Some of the active members of XOBDO are Biraj Kumar Kakati,Anjal Borah, Anjali Sonowal ,Partha P Sarmah,Pallav Saikia, Rupankar Mahanta , Priyankoo Sarmah ,Rupkamal Talukdar,Prasanta Borah ,Atul Ch. Kakoti , Neelotpal Deka , Prasenjit Khanikar ,Ranjita Pegu,Swapnita Kakati,Mamjit Nath ,Rubul Mout,Himjyoti Talukdar,Prabin Kakati,Archana Rajbongshi ,Pankaj Borah,Rituraj Saikia,Rajib Kumar Dutta,Buljit Buragohain,Mousumi Hazarika,Dr (Mrs) Krishna Barua,Papori Gogoi,Sudipta Kumar Gogoi,Abdul Wahab,Nava Kumar Boro,Morningkeey Phangcho,Anuj J Phonglosa,Banlambha Warjri,Bonnie Debbarma,Joyshree Sutradhar, Judith Keivom,Kulendra Daulagupu,Lalremthang Hmar,Mohen Naorem,Nwgwt Gwra Brahma,Debojeet Thaosen, Temsunungsang T,Uttam Bathari,Uttam Pegu,Ven. Pragya Jyoti,Pranab Doley,Benjamin Kaman,Barnali Deuri Bora etc. We need more volunteers on NE languages like Dimasa,Karbi,Meeteilon,Tai,Bodo,Hmar,Khasi,Mising,Kok-Borok,Bishnupriya,Nagamese, Mizo (Lushai),Garo,Chakma,Apatani,Ao,Monpa,Kaubru (Reang),Deori etc. The no of words in the Online Dictionary till 09.09.2010 following are Assamese = 27015 English = 13897 Dimasa = 2881 Karbi = 1964 Meeteilon = 1320 Tai = 1020 Bodo = 837 Mising = 655 Hmar = 633 Khasi = 410 Kok-Borok = 306 Bishnupriya = 233 Bengali = 180 Garo = 160 Nagamese = 141 Mizo (Lushai) = 120 Deori = 97 Chakma = 87 Apatani = 75 Ao = 73 Rabha = 30 Tiwa = 20 Monpa = 18 Kaubru (Reang) = 8 Hindi = 8 Sumi Naga = 0 Nepali = 0 Xobdo was born 10th March 2006. This web-site was inaugurated on 14th April 2006. XOBDO Entry Categories: ├ Art and Culture (41) │ ├ Cuisine (23) │ ├ Customs (7) │ ├ Festival (17) │ ├ Handicraft (7) │ ├ Historial (5) │ ├ Literature (25) │ ├ Performing Art (4) │ │ ├ Cinema (3) │ │ ├ Drama (6) │ │ └ Music (30) │ ├ Religious-Mythological (54) │ ├ Textile (11) │ └ Visual Art (2) ├ Business-Commerce-Economics (27) ├ Game and Sports (13) ├ Legal (7) ├ Personalities (20) ├ Political Science (11) └ Science and Technology ├ Biology (30) │ ├ Anatomy (74) │ ├ Botany (12) │ │ ├ Flower (16) │ │ ├ Fruit-Vegetable-Spices (88) │ │ ├ Plant-Creeper (60) │ │ └ Tree (14) │ ├ Medical Science (40) │ ├ Microbes (2) │ └ Zoology (8) │ ├ Animal (48) │ ├ Bird (75) │ ├ Fish (22) │ ├ Insect-Worm (39) │ └ Reptile (22) ├ Chemistry (43) ├ Geology (34) │ ├ Hill-Mountain (2) │ ├ Lake │ ├ Place (37) │ ├ River (7) │ └ Sea-Ocean (1) ├ Language-Linguistics (24) ├ Mathematics (84) ├ Physics (56) ├ Statistics (2) └ Technology-Engineering (17) └ Computer Science (9) There are 332 Fokora Jo`jonas in Xobdo. The no of visitors the dictionary till 09.09.2010 is 136178. The Dictionary website uses UNICODE characters . There is "Paragraph Analyzer", where quickly identify words still not in our database. XOBDO ( http://xobdo.org) is your dictionary.You can add words, challenge them and thus decide its destiny. Just initiate a discussion or post your view point on any of the ACTIVE discussions about the correctness of the spellings and their meanings. At the end of the discussion, your view point will be taken into considerations to update the dictionary entries. What is Xobdo? 'XOBDO' (means sound or word in Assamese) is a non-profit organization formed with a group of volunteers located in various parts of the globe with the common interest of promoting the languages of the North-East India in the cyberworld. Members of Xobdo are voluntarily collaborating to construct and maintain this website. In March, 2006 the Xobdo team began working on the online English and Assamese bidirectional dictionary. Currently, Xobdo has a number of North-Eastern languages included in its dictionary. How can you help Xobdo? If you speak any of the languages listed on the Xobdo homepage, you can help us by contributing words of your language. Registering yourself at Xobdo is free and easy. Once you are registered you can start adding words from your language. Moreover, if you speak any of the North-Eastern languages not listed at Xobdo and still you want to build an online dictionary, you can contact us and we will be happy to help you. VISION : (a) To demolish the man-made language barrier and thereby fuel mutual understanding and cooperation among the people of the entire North-East India. (b) Bring the languages of the North-East to the fore-front of the Information Technology age., MISSION : Cooperate constructively with all possible quarters to build multilingual dictionaries and other linguistic resources to strive to materialize the visions. GENERAL POLICY (for Online Dictionary), (a) XOBDO attempts to capture the languages as they are used (i.e. spoken, written and understood) today in their original forms. It does not attempt to enforce or express its own viewpoint about any spelling or semantics to be right or wrong., (b) Therefore, XOBDO does not want to follow any specific dictionary or any glossary/word-list published by any authority or entity; neither it accepts opinions of any expert. Rather, it considers the present-day meaning to be the standard as it is evidenced in ‘contemporary use’ i.e., i) Appear in renowned newspapers, magazines or the writings of well known authors and journalists, ii) Extensively used (spoken or written) in special fields or areas like judicial courts, govt. offices, religious institutes, traditional functions etc., (c) XOBDO also attempts to record the languages as they were used in the past., (d) XOBDO is not in the business of inventing or coining new words. Any word proposed to be added in XOBDO must have ‘contemporary use’ as explained above. In case of a new word coined recently, XOBDO will not add it unless it appears in at least one renowned newspaper or magazine., (e) Anybody can become member and contribute words to the dictionary. He/she can also challenge the spellings or meanings entered. Through discussions with other members of XOBDO a consensus decision has to be taken within a reasonable time frame and the entry has to be updated accordingly., (f) Writing System: The following standard script has been adopted by XOBDO:, (i) English, Khasi, Karbi, Dimasa, Mising, Meeteilon, Nagamese, Ao and Apatani will be written in ROMAN scripts, (ii) Assamese, Tai & Bishnupriya will be written in Eastern Nagari scripts., (iii) Bodo will be written in Devnagari scripts. Xobdo Newsletter : http://xobdo.net/nl/ Thank You, Buljit Buragohain Publicity Team, http://xobdo.org
