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Our Goals
With adequate support, the Tyap Wikimedians User Group aims to:
1. Empower more Tyap editors
We want to train and support both new and existing contributors so that more members of the community can confidently contribute to Wikimedia projects.
2. Increase Tyap-language content
We want to expand the amount of useful, reliable and accessible information available in Tyap and related Nenzit languages.
3. Document cultural heritage
Through initiatives such as photowalks and folklore documentation, we want to preserve images, stories, traditions, cultural objects and other forms of community knowledge.
4. Reach students and young people
Educational outreach can introduce a new generation to free knowledge, digital literacy
and the importance of preserving their languages.
5. Build a sustainable volunteer community
Our long-term goal is to develop a stronger network of local volunteers who can continue documenting and sharing knowledge beyond individual projects and events.
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Help Us Keep Tyap and Nenzit Languages Alive Online
Across Nigeria, many Indigenous languages and cultural traditions remain poorly represented on the internet.
The Tyap Wikimedians User Group is working to change that.
We are a Nigerian non-governmental organization registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), registration number RC: 195918, with a mission to promote Wikimedia projects in Tyap and other sister Nenzit languages.
Tyap is a Nigerian language spoken in the central part of the country, with more than 250,000 native speakers, alongside a much larger community of second- and third-language speakers. Together with closely related Jju, the language community represents a significant population whose language and cultural knowledge deserve a stronger presence in the digital world.
That is why we are asking for your support.
What we are doing
Our organization brings together volunteers, language enthusiasts, editors, students, cultural advocates and community members who want to make Indigenous knowledge more accessible online.
We organize and support:
- Wikimedia editing activities to create and improve content in Tyap and related languages.
- Edit-a-thons where participants learn to contribute knowledge to Wikimedia projects.
- Photowalks to document people, places, traditions, objects and cultural heritage.
- Educational outreach programs to introduce communities and young people to Wikimedia projects.
- In-person and online training and meetings where new and existing editors receive guidance and support.
- Cultural documentation initiatives that help preserve local knowledge and folklore in digital form.
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- Awareness activities that introduce more people in the region to Wikimedia and the possibilities of contributing to free knowledge.
Our objective is not simply to produce more online articles. It is to empower people from the language community to document their own history, culture and knowledge in their own languages.
Why this matters
The internet is becoming the world’s primary source of information.
Yet when people search online for information about many African languages, communities, traditions and histories, they often find very little.
This creates a serious gap.
When knowledge is not documented digitally, future generations may struggle to access it. When Indigenous languages are underrepresented online, younger speakers may increasingly turn to dominant languages for information, education and communication.
We believe communities should have the opportunity to see their own languages and cultures represented online.
Through Wikimedia projects, volunteers can contribute knowledge that is freely accessible to students, researchers, teachers, families and people around the world.
