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Use the following associated resources to assist you in editing a word
A Grammar of Contemporary Igbo
Nsịbịdị Resources by @Jordan Williams
Igbo Verb Conjugation Rules (Suggested version)
Headword vs. Pronunciation vs. Conceptual (Implication) Spellings
Invalid Word Entries (Similar/Duplicate Word Entries)
Dialectal Variation vs. Word Entry
Yellow text - represents tentative rules or standards that have yet to be reviewed and agreed upon by the lexicographer team.
You are contributing to a dictionary for a reader who possibly doesn't speak Igbo fluently and only has up to secondary school level understanding of English. This means our definitions must be clear, concise, and provide tons of contextual information.
This also means that example sentences should be grammatically correct and consistent in quality.
You cannot assume our readers will understand certain English words. Again, our audience is non-Igbo speakers without an advanced English vocabulary. Complex or uncommon words cannot be used in definitions. Instead, use simplistic or easy-to-understand English words.
Since we have a large database of words, we have created the concept of a "sufficient" word which is a status that we use to allow ourselves to know whether or not a word needs more revisions.