Back in april 2016, I had the idea of creating a dictionary project for a tribe I love so much "Igede Language" which I decided to call "Igede Dictionary" although I wasn't a native speaker.

This led me to writing and translating over 5,000 words from Igede Language to English. This without doubt has been the toughest of all ideas I've ever worked on or had.

This project would have launched in 2018. But, in 2018, something happened and it was a very bitter experience for me.

While working on the android project using WebView, I needed to run the package and build into production. However, I was using an old desktop computer at that time for the project and decided to buy a second hand (used) device to enable me test run the app since my computer only had windows Vista and couldn't install all the packages of android studio including an emulator I needed to test the app on the computer (Maybe, that was how much I knew at that time).

My very good friends then recommended another friend who was to sell his phone at that period. Guess what? I paid for the phone and was yet to collect the phone when we were arrested by the police 😂😄.

Well, long story short, I never had the phone, I slept in police custody and deleted the project first thing immediately I got home. It's wasn't funny at the time.

This event took place on the 16th of October 2018 and then, I lost my dad 30 days+ afterwards. That period actually affected me a whole lot. I was depressed and being a solo type, never had contact with people till 2020.

I created a page on Facebook with over 3000 followers for that purpose and was very happy when I discovered that, somebody else had done a similar project recently.

Guess what I did?

I wrote a complete API to enable developers add their languages online.

This API features:

• Adding a new language

• Adding new Words/Phrases

• Pronunciations

• Managing a Language's contents

• Checking for meanings, synonyms etc

• Lots more!

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THIS PROJECT?

• Translate the contents of a website to a native language

• Read the contents of a webpage to users in their languages (good for blind people in locations where their native languages are more honored than foreign languages).

• Everything you can think of.

Sample Code (PHP):

//New Language 

use ola_dictionary\olatunji_dictionary;

$ola_dict = new olatunji_dictionary(); 

//create new directory for your language

$new_dict = $ola_dict->new_dictionary("Igede Dictionary"); 

$status = json_decode($new_dict, $author); 

echo $status['status']; // success / failed 

// to enable you delete, remove or manage your contents in future, please save the `auth_key` in your response body. Failure to do so, you lose access to manage your contents in future and, it is bound by our legal terms of service thitherward. 

// all languages added are accessible to the public by default. If you intend to disable the default setting, please use `new_dictionary("name of your language dictionary", "author", false)`

Sample Code (PHP):

//Remove Language 

use ola_dictionary\olatunji_dictionary;

$ola_dict = new olatunji_dictionary(); 

//remove directory from our platform

$remove_dict = $ola_dict->remove_dictionary("Igede Dictionary", "auth_key"); 

$status = json_decode($new_dict); 

echo $status['status']; // success / failed 

WHEN AM I RELEASING IT?

Although the project is a great one, I do not have the resources, capital to host, maintain and keep it running yet.

So, whether this project is ever released or not is subject to having the financial capacity or capital to launch it as the library without the API is obsolete.

The source code will be open sourced on GitHub once launched and available for anyone who would love to use it.

Does this sound like something you'd love to support?

Send me an mail through the email address on my profile here on dev.to or comment below and I'll happily discuss the project further together with you.

It's Sunday here my great people and I'm having a great day. How about you?

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Thank you for sharing your precious time with me today.

Till I Write to you again.