WebLinDa is a Web-based database application
specially designed for linguistic fieldwork. The application
can be used both as a pedagogical tool in teaching
fieldwork, and as a serious database for linguistic research
and language documentation.
Some of the features of WebLinDa include easy data
transcription in IPA, automatic lexicon development,
complex pattern-based searches, and team-based language
archiving with multiple users, supervisers and consultants.
You can learn about how this application works by exploring
the links provided on the left-hand-side pane of this
page.
WebLinDa is free to use by everyone for research
and education. If you decide to use WebLinDa for
your projects, contact me at
Please provide me the following information:
The name and email address of the project
superviser(s) and assistant(s) (or instructors and
students in case of classroom use)
The name(s) of your linguistic consultant(s)
The name of the language you are working on
System Requirements
WebLinDa requires that cookies and
Javascript be enabled on your browser. The
application should work properly on any decent Web browser,
but it has been tested on Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.
WebLinDa also uses the
Doulos SIL font,
which is a Unicode IPA font developed by SIL. The font
is available for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux platforms.
You can download the Doulos SIL font here.
Please note that after you have installed the font, you
need to restart your browser for it to see the new font.
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