TY - GEN
T1 - Language technology into high schools for revitalization of endangered languages
AU - Camacho, Luis
AU - Zevallos, Rodolfo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.
PY - 2020/9
Y1 - 2020/9
N2 - Language technology is the missing piece of the puzzle that will bring us closer to a complete revitalization of endangered languages. Almost every digital product uses and is dependent on language; language technology is not anymore an option but the key enabler and solution to boosting future growth. Technical issues are hard but the lesser problems on the building of the corpus of endangered languages, centuries of oppression managed to dent the pride and sense of belonging which is reflected in a lack of awareness of the loss of the own language. In order to reach a revitalization based on language technology, powered by artificial intelligence, to be successful, it is necessary to show a value proposition from the very beginning, from the creation of the corpus. In that direction, we propose the inclusion of the fundamentals of linguistics into high schools with the twofold goal of building corpus from the grassroots and providing highly valued skills to teenagers.
AB - Language technology is the missing piece of the puzzle that will bring us closer to a complete revitalization of endangered languages. Almost every digital product uses and is dependent on language; language technology is not anymore an option but the key enabler and solution to boosting future growth. Technical issues are hard but the lesser problems on the building of the corpus of endangered languages, centuries of oppression managed to dent the pride and sense of belonging which is reflected in a lack of awareness of the loss of the own language. In order to reach a revitalization based on language technology, powered by artificial intelligence, to be successful, it is necessary to show a value proposition from the very beginning, from the creation of the corpus. In that direction, we propose the inclusion of the fundamentals of linguistics into high schools with the twofold goal of building corpus from the grassroots and providing highly valued skills to teenagers.
KW - corpus building
KW - endangered languages
KW - language technology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85095432949&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/INTERCON50315.2020.9220197
DO - 10.1109/INTERCON50315.2020.9220197
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85095432949
T3 - Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020
BT - Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE 27th International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 27th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing, INTERCON 2020
Y2 - 3 September 2020 through 5 September 2020
ER -
