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The Urdu WordNet is being developed following the process used to develop the Hindi WordNet by using the Expansion Approach. This paper, in the first part, presents some of our experiences that we gathered in the process of building the Urdu WordNet as a part of the IndoWordNet. Many crucial issues and questions relating to Language-specific Synset generation are discussed at length in the first part of the paper with some examples taken from the Urdu and other Indian languages. In the second part, it attempts to reflect on some of the linguistic and technical difficulties that we have encountered in the act of linking the Hindi synsets to the similar terms of the Urdu WordNet. We have linked the Urdu synsets to the Hindi synsets in a very rational manner taking into consideration the similarities noted in senses and concepts denoted by the terms. This work tries to give wider coverage of the lexicon and concepts available in the Urdu language and used by its speakers.
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Rahman, R., Hussain, M.M., Dash, N.S. (2017). Language-specific Synsets and Challenges in Synset Linkage in Urdu WordNet. In: Dash, N., Bhattacharyya, P., Pawar, J. (eds) The WordNet in Indian Languages. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1909-8_13
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