Abstract

The Hyper English Word Study Dictionary was invented to make the learning of English words more efficient and deep. The Hyper Dictionary possesses contents using Indo-European Roots, a virtual language called the ancestor of many present languages including English. Several English words can be learned via Indo-European roots related to them with functions of the Hyper Dictionary because one Indo-European root word branches to several English words. However, the Hyper Dictionary did not possess multimedia contents. Indo-European is a virtual language, so it is thought that pronunciation inherited from Indo-European roots to present English is significant. In this research, adding voices to the Hyper Dictionary was conducted to put more stress on learning English through pronunciation as a first step of multimedia contents. By development of the Hyper Dictionary, users can listen to voices when they access Word and Indo-European root web pages in the Hyper Dictionary, and pronunciation of words which have the same Indo-European root can be compared. Accomplishment of this research showed that the Hyper dictionary became more massive as a online dictionary and that relationships between English words which have the same Indo-European root became clearer.