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| "text": "Africa is a multilingual continent with an estimation of 1500 to 2000 indigenous languages. Many of these languages currently have no or very limited language resources available, and are often structurally quite different from more well-resourced languages, therefore requiring the development and use of specialized techniques.", | |
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| "text": "The Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) workshop is an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on resources (data collections, tools, etc.) specifically targeted towards African indigenous languages to provide an overview of the current state-of-the-art and emphasize the availability of African indigenous language resources, including both data and tools.", | |
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| "text": "With the UNESCO-supported International Year of Indigenous Languages, there is currently much interest in indigenous languages. The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues mentioned that \"40 percent of the estimated 6,700 languages spoken around the world were in danger of disappearing\" and the \"languages represent complex systems of knowledge and communication and should be recognized as a strategic national resource for development, peace building and reconciliation.\" As such, the workshop falls within one of the hot topic areas of this year's conference: \"Less Resourced and Endangered Languages\".", | |
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| "text": "In total, 24, in general, very high quality submissions were received. Out of these 9 submissions were selected using double blind review for presentation in the workshop. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the physical workshop had to be cancelled, however, it is replaced by a virtual workshop.", | |
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| "text": "The topics on which the call for papers was issued are the following: The goals for the workshop are:", | |
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| "text": "\u2022 to bring together researchers who are interested in showcasing their research and thereby boosting the field of African indigenous languages,", | |
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| "text": "\u2022 to create the conditions for the emergence of a scientific community of practice that focuses on data, as well as tools, specifically designed for or applied to indigenous languages found in Africa,", | |
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| "text": "\u2022 to create conversations between academics and researchers in different fields such as African indigenous languages, computational linguistics, sociolinguistics and language technology, and", | |
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| "text": "\u2022 to provide an opportunity for the African indigenous languages community to identify, describe and share their Language Resources.", | |
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