some sample searches with diacritical markings and phonetic romanizations........
Dari Example Queries:
Native Input*
Romanized Input**
Meaning
اَفْغانٍسْتانْ
AafogAnKsotAno
Afghanistan
کابُلْ
k0Abulo
Kabul
حامٍدْ كَرْزَیْ
HAmKdo karozay0o
Hamid Karzai
قَنْدَهارْ
qanodahAro
Kandahar
آمٍرِیکا
|mKriy0k0A
America
اُوزبِکٍسْتانْ
Auwzbik0KsotAno
Uzbekistan
پاکٍسْتانْ
PAk0KsotAno
Pakistan
Pashto Example Queries:
Native Input*
Romanized Input**
Meaning
حَمِدْ کَرْزَيْ
Hamido k0arozayo
Hamid Karzai
اَمْرِكا
AamorikA
America
فاتِمَيْ ګِلَنِي
fAtimayo G0ilaniy
Fatima Gillani
کابُلْ
k0Abulo
Kabul
فَلَسْتِنْ
falasotino
Palestine
اَفْغاَنِسْتانْ
AafogAanisotAno
Afghanistan
وْلاَدِمِېرْ پُوتِنْ
wolAadimiy2ro Puwtino
Vladimir Putin
Farsi Example Queries
Native Input*
Romanized Input**
Meaning
ایرانْ
Ay0rAno
Iran
مَحْمودْ اَحْمَدینِژاُدْ
maHomwdo AaHomady0niRAudo
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
تِهرانْ
tihrAno
Tehran
فِلِسْطینْ
filisoTy0no
Palestine
واشَنْگْتُنْ
wA$anoGotuno
Washington
نْیو یُورکْ تایمْزْ
noy0w y0uwrk0o tAy0mozo
New York Times
* The Native input for Dari, Farsi, Arabic and Pashto requires diacritics, which are normally omitted.
**Romanized input is case-sensitive for Dari, Farsi, Pashto and Arabic.
SCOLA Digital Archive Search With NEXIDIA Fact Sheet.
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Search Tips:
Use of longer words or phrases with more than four phonemes will improve the likelihood of good search results. Note words with more than one syllable often have multiple phonemes.
Check to make sure diacritical markings are correct for right to left languages. An English example of why diacritics are important would be the pronunciation of, "The winds blow," in comparison to the pronunciation of, "Ed winds the clock." *Note: When copying and pasting words/phrases, be sure to only paste characters and not hidden formatting when using right to left languages.
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NEXIDIA Confidence Scores 90 and above are likely to be a positive match.
Successful Search Phrases:
حزب الله
MSA
"The Army of Allah,Qatar."
베이징
Korean
"Beijing."
内部交易
Mandarin
"Insider trading."
نظامی
Dari
"Military"
فَلَسْتِنْ
Pashto
" .Palestine"
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Search Sources.
Your own word and phrase sources.
SCOLA Website Insta-Class.
SCOLA Website Specialized Word Video Search.
Google Language Website.
Word Champ Website.
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sample searches in Nexidia---
حزب الله hizbolah qatar 2007/07/12 enter the Arabic (army of Allah)
الإحتلال occupation search any MSA country
nuclear نووي MSA