Wiktionary

High school (ages 12+)
Thinking & Learning

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/wiktionary

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the project type?A multilingual, collaborative, free-content online dictionary, thesaurus, and phrasebook
2. What is the number of active language editions?198
3. How can I help add words to Wiktionary?You can help by editing pages, adding new words, or fixing mistakes. Just click the edit button on a word page and type what you know.
4. Why does Wiktionary have so many languages?It has almost 200 language versions so people from all over the world can share words in their own language. This helps keep languages alive and lets everyone learn new ones.

Lexicography: The practice of compiling and writing dictionaries.
Proto-language: A reconstructed, hypothetical language from which several known languages are believed to have descended.
Natural Language Processing (NLP): A field of computer science and artificial intelligence focused on enabling computers to understand and process human language.