Educational Tools for Mapuzugun
Cristian Ahumada, Claudio Gutierrez, Antonios Anastasopoulos

TL;DR
This paper introduces a specialized educational tool for Mapuzugun, including an orthography converter, morphological analyzer, and translator, to support language revitalization efforts through a case study with students.
Contribution
It presents a novel integrated tool tailored to Mapuzugun's linguistic features, aiding language learning and revitalization efforts.
Findings
Promising results from a case study with Mapuzugun students
Effective orthography detection and conversion for Mapuzugun
Morphological analysis supports language education
Abstract
Mapuzugun is the language of the Mapuche people. Due to political and historical reasons, its number of speakers has decreased and the language has been excluded from the educational system in Chile and Argentina. For this reason, it is very important to support the revitalization of the Mapuzugun in all spaces and media of society. In this work we present a tool towards supporting educational activities of Mapuzugun, tailored to the characteristics of the language. The tool consists of three parts: design and development of an orthography detector and converter; a morphological analyzer; and an informal translator. We also present a case study with Mapuzugun students showing promising results. Short Abstract in Mapuzuzgun: T\"ufachi k\"uzaw pegelfi ki\~ne zugun k\"uzawpey\"um kelluaetew pu mapuzugun chillkatufe kimal kizu ta\~ni zugun.
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Taxonomy
TopicsCultural and Social Studies in Latin America · Migration, Education, Indigenous Social Dynamics
