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Kumva is collaborative tool for creating online dictionaries. It is designed specifically for Bantu languages that use prefixes and suffixes, and uses a tag based system to allow matching against different forms of the same word. It's written in PHP 5 and uses MySQL.

Features

• Detailed lexicographical model with prefixes, classes, root words etc
• Exact, partial or "sounds-like" matching
• Smart searching which provides suggestions and attempts to deconjugate words
• Random word Google gadget
• OpenSearch and OpenGraph support
• XML interface to query engine
• Online definition editing
• Change proposal and approval system
• Email notifications of changes and comments
• Widgets for easy building of custom themes
• User management with secure login system
• Browsable search history
• Import and export from CSV
• Basic content management system for site pages
• Dynamic sitemap generation

Documentation

• Installation instructions
• User guide (incomplete)