The Abdul Majid Bhurgri Institute of Language Engineering (AMBILE) successfully conducted a two-day intensive training workshop on Sindhi WordNet and the grammatical and semantic tokenization of Sindhi words at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University (SBBU), Shaheed Benazirabad, on 15th and 16th July 2025.
This workshop, organized under the framework of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between AMBILE and SBBU, aimed to equip students with practical skills in computational linguistics with a focus on Sindhi. The participants were final-year students from the Department of Sindhi Language and Literature, specially assigned by the university administration to collaborate with AMBILE on its pioneering projects.
The inaugural session began with an inspiring address by Dr. Phuloo Sundar Meghwar, who emphasized the significance of the Sindhi WordNet project. He highlighted how the structured grammatical tokenization of Sindhi words will lay the foundation for innovative digital tools such as Sindhi spell checkers, universal dependency (UD) frameworks, and text analyzers; opening new horizons for linguistic research and development.
Welcoming the AMBILE team, Prof. Syed Ameer Ali Shah, Chairman of the Sindhi Department at SBBU, praised the collaborative initiative and encouraged students to embrace this opportunity to make meaningful contributions to their mother tongue. He expressed heartfelt thanks to AMBILE’s leadership for involving SBBU students in such a futuristic and practical endeavor.
The technical training sessions were led by Mr. Amar Fayaz Buriro, Director of AMBILE, who provided comprehensive guidance on how to accurately tag and tokenize Sindhi words for linguistic modeling. In his sessions, Mr. Buriro reminded the students of their profound responsibility as custodians of a language that carries the accumulated wisdom of millennia. “Sindhi is not merely a regional language; it is a vessel of ancient knowledge and cultural identity,” he stated. “In this age of Artificial Intelligence, we must ensure Sindhi not only survives but thrives, illuminating pathways for global etymologists and researchers.”
Further contributions came from Mr. Mustafa Keerio and Ms. Manzar Aziz of AMBILE, who conducted sessions on tokenization mechanics and linguistic data tagging. From the host institution, Ms. Bakhtawar Channa delivered an insightful demonstration on the syntactic and semantic roles of nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs in the Sindhi language, illustrating how these elements convey nuanced meanings within digital linguistic systems.
Before the commencement of the workshop, Vice Chancellor Engr. Dr. Madad Ali Shah extended his best wishes to the students and lauded AMBILE’s dedicated role in empowering young scholars to lead the future of Sindhi linguistic engineering.
The workshop concluded on a positive and hopeful note with a joint vote of thanks by Prof. Ameer Ali Shah and Dr. Phuloo Sundar Meghwar, who acknowledged the collaborative spirit and collective commitment to preserving and digitizing Sindhi for future generations.
