# Swahili Dictionary **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 29, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/swahili-dictionary/41 "2025-03-29T22:29:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dehilster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/nlp.discourse.group/dehilster/32/11_2.png) [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/swahili-dictionary/41/1 "2025-03-29T22:29:12Z")
@_esilas , do you know of any existing Swahili dictionaries with parts of speech (noun, verb, etc) that we can convert to an NLP++ .dict file? ---
**Author:** ![\_esilas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/nlp.discourse.group/_esilas/32/17_2.png) [@\_esilas](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/_esilas)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/swahili-dictionary/41/2 "2025-03-30T13:21:09Z")
Yes, their is a Swahili dictionary know as Kamusi and it comes as a hard copy. The dictionary contains all possible Swahili words with a detailed explanation about them. ---
**Author:** ![dehilster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/nlp.discourse.group/dehilster/32/11_2.png) [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/swahili-dictionary/41/3 "2025-04-01T18:08:58Z")
That is a hard copy. But to transfer that to digital is what we need to do. ---
**Author:** ![dehilster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/nlp.discourse.group/dehilster/32/11_2.png) [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/swahili-dictionary/41/4 "2025-04-01T18:18:59Z")
Here are some comprehensive Swahili word lists available on GitHub. Here are a few options: - [All Swahili Words Dictionary](https://github.com/michaelnjuguna/All-swahili-words-dictionary): A repository containing a text file with a collection of Swahili words. - [Swahili Wordlist](https://github.com/odolezal/wordlists/blob/master/swahili.txt): A word list that includes Swahili words among other language resources. - [Kamusi Project](https://github.com/Kalebu/kamusi): A repository offering JSON and CSV data for a Swahili dictionary with over 16,600 words, including meanings, synonyms, and conjugations. Do any of these have parts of speech? ---
**Author:** ![\_esilas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/nlp.discourse.group/_esilas/32/17_2.png) [@\_esilas](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/_esilas)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/swahili-dictionary/41/5 "2025-04-02T06:29:57Z")
# Part of speech according to the Swahili dictionary “Kamusi” | English | Noun | | --- | --- | | Noun (cat) | Nomino (paka) | | Pronouns (you) | Kiwakilishi cha nafsi (wewe) | | Verb (eat) | Kielezi (kula) | | Adjective (big) | Kivumishi (kubwa) | | Adverb (quickly) | Vielezi (haraka) | | Preposition (from) | Kihusishi (kutoka) | | Conjunction (but) | Kunganishi (ila) | | Interjection (wow!) | Kingizi (lo!) | In reference to the GitHub repository, [Kalebu/kamusi](https://github.com/Kalebu/kamusi), I was able to identify the above 8 parts of speech, but some words still do not have an extensive definition. For instance, `lo!` (“tamko la kuonyesha mshangao, furaha au hofu”, `kefle!`) is a representation of an interjection but not highlighted to which part of speech it belongs to. In reference to the GitHub repository, [odolezal/wordlists](https://github.com/odolezal/wordlists/blob/master/swahili.txt), the Swahili words listed lack explanation as to what they mean and which part of speech a word belongs to. ---
**Author:** ![dehilster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/nlp.discourse.group/dehilster/32/11_2.png) [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/swahili-dictionary/41/6 "2025-04-14T02:20:48Z")
I’m thinking we could use a LLM to query the part of speech using English for each word in the list. ---
**Author:** ![\_esilas](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/nlp.discourse.group/_esilas/32/17_2.png) [@\_esilas](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/_esilas)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/swahili-dictionary/41/7 "2025-04-15T08:42:09Z")
I think that’s a brilliant proposal, and I would like to know when we could start working on it. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![dehilster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/nlp.discourse.group/dehilster/32/11_2.png) [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/swahili-dictionary/41/8 "2025-04-19T00:03:33Z")
Let me know if you need any help or have questions… ---
**Author:** ![dehilster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/nlp.discourse.group/dehilster/32/11_2.png) [@dehilster](https://nlp.discourse.group/u/dehilster)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://nlp.discourse.group/t/swahili-dictionary/41/9 "2025-06-22T11:45:26Z")
Esilas: please read this. We are designing the NLP Blockchain. Eventually, those creating dictionaries will be part of the blockchain and earn NLP coin. This is probably a year away. [NLP Blockchain Harnesses Humans, Not Text – Natural Language Understanding Global Initiative](https://nluglob.org/nlp-blockchain-harnesses-humans-not-text/)