Kukkuniiaat - Greenlandic Spell Checker
Oqaasileriffik – the Greenland Language Secretariat launches the first version of Kukkuniiaat, an intelligent Greenlandic spell checker and hyphenation tool, which can be used in Microsoft Word and other programs in Office.
With the launching of Kukkuniiaat, an important tool in working with the Greenlandic language, its continued propagation and development has been ensured. The Kukkuniiaat will also function as a platform for the development of future language tools. Kukkuniiaat is not a simple word list, but an advanced automat with built-in knowledge re. word formation and grammar, which can become a solid foundation for coming projects in developing language technology tools.
We rejoice in this important step in our work with the Greenlandic language, which will be crucial in the development of its status, in accordance with the current goals of the official language policy.
The spell checker was officially launched by Doris Jakobsen, Minister for Culture and Education, on Friday October 13th 2006.
From Monday October 16th Kukkuniiaat was opened for download freely from http://www.oqaasileriffik.gl/kukkuniiaat.php?lang=gl&lang=eng as an authorized Windows installation package compiled by Lingsoft Ltd. Simultaneously it will be possible to download updated lexicon lists and a document template which automatically will make Kalaallisut – Greenlandic the standard language when using Word.
For further information contact:
Per Langgård, tel. +299 34 58 35, or +299 22 11 49 (e-mail: pela@gh.gl)
Nuka Møller, tel. +299 34 58 34, or +299 55 77 77 (e-mail: numo@gh.gl)
May 30th, 2007 at 10:20 am
[...] The Saami Parliament in Norway released yesterday the first public beta of a Saami spell checker and other proofing tools. This is a tremendous milestone in the Saami computing history and the program is available for free download at Divvun. This first public beta is for Microsoft Office products on both Windows and Mac computers. Later versions will support OpenOffice and InDesign. The proofing tools software is released as open source and are thus available to other software developers. The Saami language is now the second indigenous language in the Arctic Region with spell checker. Just a couple of months ago the Greenlandic spell checker was released. [...]