Towards a Generic Framework for the Development of Unicode Based Digital Sindhi Dictionaries

TL;DR

This paper presents a flexible software framework for developing Unicode-based Sindhi dictionaries, enabling accurate, domain-independent Sindhi-English and English-Sindhi translations with efficient data management.

Contribution

It introduces a novel, generic architecture using hash structures and custom Java objects for Unicode Sindhi dictionary development, adaptable across various domains.

Findings

Supports insertion, deletion, and editing of Sindhi records

Ensures font-independent Unicode character representation

Facilitates easy development of domain-specific Sindhi dictionaries

Abstract

Dictionaries are essence of any language providing vital linguistic recourse for the language learners, researchers and scholars. This paper focuses on the methodology and techniques used in developing software architecture for a UBSESD (Unicode Based Sindhi to English and English to Sindhi Dictionary). The proposed system provides an accurate solution for construction and representation of Unicode based Sindhi characters in a dictionary implementing Hash Structure algorithm and a custom java Object as its internal data structure saved in a file. The System provides facilities for Insertion, Deletion and Editing of new records of Sindhi. Through this framework any type of Sindhi to English and English to Sindhi Dictionary (belonging to different domains of knowledge, e.g. engineering, medicine, computer, biology etc.) could be developed easily with accurate representation of Unicode Characters in font independent manner.