WikiTutur
| Indonesian languages recording projects | |
| Sponsored by Wikimedia Foundation and Wikimedia Indonesia. | |
A video introduction to WikiTutur | |
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| Home | Wikikamus:WikiTutur |
| Start | 2023 |
| Status | On going |
| Contacts | |
| Referents | Ardzun, Swarabakti, Diahasy, Bangrapip |
| Support | Yug (Lingua Libre) |
WikiTutur is a language documentation program for languages of Indonesia, focusing on compiling an archive of pronunciation audio recordings on Wikimedia Commons via Lingua Libre, and inputting lexicographical information on Wiktionary. This project was first initiated by volunteers from the Wikimedia Jakarta Community, and have been occasionally funded by WMF's Rapid Grant. WikiTutur programs are currently organized by Wiktionary Indonesia Community, in collaboration with local Wikimedia and non-Wikimedia communities in Indonesia. As of June 2025, WikiTutur has documented over 40 Indonesian languages (by ISO 639-3 codes), with 15,000+ audio recordings uploaded on Commons and 6,000+ entry pages improved or created on Indonesian Wiktionary.
Background
[edit]The inagural campaign was first held under the title "WikiTutur: Kolaborasi Wiktionary dan Lingua Libre untuk Pelestarian Bahasa di Indonesia" with a grant from WMF Rapid Fund for the 2023–2024 fiscal year. This first phase was initiated by volunteers from the Wikimedia Jakarta Community, who worked together with other local Wikimedia communities in Indonesia to set up series of online and offline events.
Throughout the first phase of the program, workshops on language documentation using Wiktionary and Lingua Libre were conducted in several cities across Indonesia. These workshops trained a large cohort of participants from diverse language communities, targeting not only active Wikimedians but also the general public. This broad approach was able to introduce the language documentation initiative to a wide audience, though it was not without limitations, particularly in terms of depth.
The second phase of the project experimented with a narrower approach, focusing on select languages and working together with non-Wikimedia agencies, organizations, and communities, in hope of bringing more depth. Following this experimentation, we decided to separate the events into two formats in the third phase: one-day introductory workshops for new contributors to LL and Wiktionary, as well as two-days documentary workshops and meetups for trained contributors involving native speakers from target communities.
Sister projects
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Previous
[edit]- WikiDialek run by Komunitas Wikimedia Padang
- WikiSwara run by Komunitas Wikimedia Yogyakarta
- WikiPandir run by Komunitas Wikimedia Banjar
- WikiSora run by Komunitas Wikimedia Bandung
- WikiMelayu run by Komunitas Wikimedia Medan
Present
[edit]Local wiki communities
[edit]- WikiJejama run by Komunitas Wikimedia Bandar Lampung
- WikiJalajah run by Komunitas Wikimedia Padang
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[edit]Work plan
[edit]Main activities:
- Collect lexicographic materials, mainly vocabularies, their senses of meaning, and example sentences
- Record audio files as pronunciation guides for the vocabularies and example sentences
- Create and/or expand entry pages in Indonesian Wiktionary by adding lexicographic materials and audio files
WikiTutur 1.0
[edit]WikiTutur: Kolaborasi Wiktionary dan Lingua Libre untuk Pelestarian Bahasa di Indonesia
- Program Manager: Ardzun
- Staff: Diahasy
- Grant application
- Final report
Offline workshops
[edit]| Date | Location | Word list | Trainer | Local trainer assistant |
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| 3 February 2024 | Jakarta | Word list | ||
| 11 February 2024 | Padang | Word list | ||
| 18 February 2024 | Palembang | Word list | ||
| 18 February 2024 | Yogyakarta | Word list | ||
| 25 February 2024 | Bandung | Word list | ||
| 3 March 2024 | Bandar Lampung | Word list |
Online workshops
[edit]| Date | Theme | Word list | Trainer |
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| 11 February 2024 | Online 1 (Public) | Word list | |
| 25 February 2024 | Online 2 (Sumatra-Borneo languages community) | Word list | |
| 10 March 2024 | Online 3 (Java-Madura languages community) | Word list | |
| 24 Maret 2024 | Online 4 (Central-Eastern Indonesian languages community) | Word list |
Meetups and edit-a-thon
[edit]| Date | Location | Word list | Person in Charge |
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| 27 April 2024 | Jakarta | Word list | |
| 19 May 2024 | Bandar Lampung | Word list | |
| 19 May 2024 | Palembang | Word list | |
| 1 June 2024 | Bandung | Word list | |
| 8 June 2024 | Malang (Hybrid) | Word list | |
| 9 June 2024 | Medan | Word list | |
| 22 June 2024 | Jakarta | Word list | |
| 29 June 2024 | Padang | Word list | |
| 29 June 2024 | Bandar Lampung | Word list | |
| 30 June 2024 | Banjarmasin | Word list |
WikiTutur 2.0
[edit]WikiTutur 2.0: Expanding Open-Access Lexicographic Materials for Languages in Western Indonesia
- Program manager: Ardzun
- Staff:
- Grant application
- Final report
Workshops
[edit]| Date | Location | Page Report | Non-Wiki Community/Institution | Wiki Community | Trainer | Local Trainer Assistant |
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| 22 October 2024 | Padang | Report | Balai Bahasa Sumatera Barat |
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| 23 January 2025 | Jakarta | Report | Lembaga Kebudayaan Betawi | Komunitas Wikimedia Jakarta | ||
| 23 November 2024 | Palembang | Report | Dewan Pembinaan Adat Kota Palembang |
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| 17 November 2024 | Bandar Lampung | Report | Sekubal Unila | Komunitas Wikimedia Bandar Lampung | ||
| 1 December 2024 | Marabahan, Greater Banjarmasin | Report | Komunitas Perahu Kata | Komunitas Wikimedia Banjar | ||
| 23 November 2024 | Malang | Report |
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| 15 February 2025 | Tanjungpinang | Report | Komunitas Kalamelayu | Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia | ||
| 15 March 2025 | Pontianak | Report | Himpunan Mahasiswa Ilmu Komunikasi (HIMAKOM) Universitas Tanjungpura |
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| 27 April 2025 | Jambi | Report | Forum Pegiat Literasi Jambi (FLPJ) |
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Meetups
[edit]| Date | Location | Page Report | Person In-Charge |
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| 16 November 2024 | Jakarta | Report | |
| 22 December 2024 | Jakarta | Report | |
| 20 April 2025 | Jakarta | Report |
WikiTutur 3.0
[edit]WikiTutur 3.0: Outreach and Empowerment
- Program manager: Ardzun
- Staff:
- Grant application
Workshops
[edit]On-going
| Date | Location | Page Report | Non-Wiki Community/Institution | Wiki Community | Trainer | Focus Languages |
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| 4 October 2025 | Makassar | Report |
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| 25 October 2025 | Pekanbaru | Report |
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| 1 November 2025 | Malang | Report |
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| 30 November 2025 | Palangkaraya | Report |
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| tba | Manokwari | Report |
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| tba | Bengkulu | Report |
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Meetups
[edit]Offline
[edit]On-going
| Date | Location | Page Report | Non Wiki Community | Wiki Community | Trainer-Person in Charge | Focus languages |
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| 4 October 2025 | Jakarta 1 | Report |
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| 1 November 2025 | Medan | Report | - |
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| 2 November 2025 | Medan 2 | Report | - |
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| 2 November 2025 | Pontianak | Report | - |
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| 30 November 2025 | Madura | Report | tba |
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| 7 December 2025 | Madura 2 | Report | tba |
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| tba | Jakarta 2 | Report |
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| tba | Bandung | Report | tba |
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Online
[edit]Coming soon in December 2025
| Date | Location | Page Report | Wiki Community | Person In Charge |
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| tba | Indonesia-Online | Report |
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In news
[edit]External coverage
[edit]- Digitalisasi bahasa daerah melalui kegiatan WikiTutur (Digitalizing regional languages through the WikiTutur program) — RRI.co.id, 11 February 2024.
- Lokakarya WikiTutur dukung kehadiran bahasa Palembang di digital (WikiTutur workshop supports the digital presence of Palembang language) — RRI.co.id, 23 November 2024.
- Bahasa Bakumpai mulai di digitalisasi, begini upaya penutur asli di Batola menjaganya (Bakumpai language is getting digitalized, this is how native speakers in Batola [Barito Kuala] preserve it) — Banjarmasinpost.co.id, 1 December 2024. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024.