Sepedi core word list compiled from Grade R learners in the Sekhukhune district

The core word list represents the words used most frequently by Sepedi-speaking Grade-R learners from the Sekhukhune district during school activities. The list is compiled from speech samples collected through audio recordings of six Sepedi-speaking Grade-R learners within the Sekhukhune district during their regular school days. The recordings were transcribed and analysed to identify the most frequently and commonly used words. The list here represents 255 root words that were used with a frequency of at least 0.5% and a commonality of at least 3 (i.e., at least three of six children used the word). The 255 words in this list covered 88.7% of the composite speech sample of 19,316 intelligible words. The words are categorised by part of speech and also into content and function words. Content words are open-class words with lexical meaning, while function words are closed-class words that perform a grammatical function.

该核心词汇表收录了塞佩迪语使用的年级R学习者在学校活动中最频繁使用的词汇。该列表由六个来自塞库胡内地区的塞佩迪语年级R学习者在日常学校生活中的语音样本录音整理而成。录音经过转录和分析，以识别最频繁和常用的词汇。该列表包含了255个基础词汇，这些词汇的使用频率至少达到0.5%，且至少有3个（即六个孩子中的至少三个）使用过该词汇。列表中的255个词汇涵盖了19,316个可理解词汇的复合语音样本的88.7%。这些词汇按照词性分类，并分为内容和功能词汇。内容词汇是开放类词汇，具有词汇意义，而功能词汇是封闭类词汇，执行语法功能。