| WikiKata | |
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| Malaysian languages community outreach projects | |
| Program underWikimedia Community User Group Malaysia. | |
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| Info | |
| Home | Wikikamus:WikiKata |
| Start | 2020 |
| Status | On going |
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| Referents | Tofeiku,Ultron90,EmpAhmadK |
WikiKata is a language community outreach program focusing on preserving indigenous language and any community language in Malaysia and Malaysian-related language through the use ofWiktionary. This project was run in Malaysia by theWikimedia Community User Group Malaysia and in collaboration with other local organization in Malaysia and other related country.
WikiKata was originally organized as a competition to increase the number of indigenous and local lemmas inMalay Wiktionary in2020. It was continued to the2021 edition, and discontinued for 2 years until the community user group revived it to a series of projects to outreach local community to preserve their respective language in 2023.
WikiKata Competition is an online competition for indigenous language speaker to enter their respective language to Malay Wiktionary. The competition run for a month and the winner for these competiion will get a present from either community user group or other organizations which sponsored it.
In the community outreach project, workshops and tutorials are conducted boldly and attractively in several locality spread across Malaysia and other country which related to Malay and Malaysia community such as Singapore and Brunei. This workshop trains participants to use Malay Wiktionary to preserve the languages.
| Year | Duration | Project involved | Contact person | Note |
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| 2020 | 1 July – 15 August | Malay Wiktionary |
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| 2021 | 1 – 31 July | Malay Wiktionary |
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| 2024 | 1 – 31 December | Malay Wiktionary |
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| Date | Location | Project involved | Language involved | Wikimedian trainer | Note |
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| 15 August | Room 311, Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore | Wiktionary | ms - Malay |
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| 4 – 5 October | Kampung Kuala Lah, Gua Musang, Kelantan, Malaysia | Malay Wiktionary, Lingua Libre, Wikitongues, and Wikimedia Commons | mnq - Mendriq |
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| 21 February | University of North Sumatra, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia | Malay Wiktionary, Indonesian Wiktionary | ms - Malay |
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| 24 – 25 February | Kampung Lubuk Legong, Baling, Kedah, Malaysia | Malay Wiktionary, Wikimedia Incubator, Lingua Libre, Wikitongues, and Wikimedia Commons | kns - Kensiu |
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| 27 February | Penampang, Sabah | Malay Wiktionary | kzj - Kadazan |
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| 30 March | Kampung Jawa, Hulu Langat, Selangor, Malaysia | Malay Wiktionary | jv-MY - Malaysian Javanese |
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| 21 April | Gudang Café, George Town, Penang | Malay Wiktionary | nan-MY - Chinese Hokkien |
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| 8 June | Keraton Mbah Anang, Muar, Johor, Malaysia | Malay Wiktionary | jv-MY - Malaysian Javanese |
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| 22 June | Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia | Malay Wiktionary | pa - Punjabi |
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| 13 July | NADI Pekan Sindumin, Sipitang, Sabah, Malaysia | Malay Wiktionary | lnd - Lun Bawang |
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| 5 October | Singapore National Library, Victoria Street, Singapore | Malay Wiktionary | ms-arab - Malay Jawi scripts |
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| 22 October | Balai Bahasa Sumatera Barat, Padang, Indonesia | Malay Wiktionary | min - Minangkabau |
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| 8-9 February | Balai Pelestarian Kebudayaan Wilayah IV, Tanjungpinang, Indonesia | Malay Wiktionary | ms - Malay |
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