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7/31/2019 Final Presentation D12 ILI

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Indigenous LanguagePreservation Through

Mobile TechnologyVirginia BellMatthew FuscoKarin GreeneAndrew ONeill


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Language Loss Worldwide

Extinct Languages Since 1950


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Language Loss Worldwide

253 languages lost globally since 1950

Dalmatian (Croatia)

Gothic (Ukraine)

6900 languages in existence

Up to 90% of these may be extinct by end ofthe century


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Losses Due to LanguageShift

Language shift:transfer fromspeaking a nativelanguage to a moreglobally spokenlanguage

Caused by: Globalization Entertainment Media Politics


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Loss of Native Languages


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Loss of theTewa

Language

Spoken in 6 pueblos inNew Mexico and 1 in

Arizona

Fewer than 1300 Tewaspeakers

Most endangeredlanguage in NewMexico

Causes of decline Encroachment by non-

natives

English entertainmentand media


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Ohkay Owingeh Santa Clara

San Ildefonso

Nambe

PojoaqueTesuque

LegendPueblo Population

Tewa Speakers

Data taken from 1991 United States Census

Tewa Speakers by Pueblo


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Santafedia The FreeEncyclopedia of Santa Fe

http://www.santafedia.org/
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Indigenous Language Institute

Provides tools for creating languagelearning materials

Archives recordings of language

Has a professional recording studiothat speakers may use to record

their language

Located on the campus of the SFIS


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Fluency of Native Students

38%

19%

43%Fluent

Non-speaker

Speaks a Little

Sample of 10% of Santa Fe Indian School Population. Grades 7 - 12


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Percentage of Youth withSmartphones

8%

31%

53%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Middle School

High School

College

Percent of Group with Smartphones

AgeGroup


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Smartphone Usage Worldwide

0

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100

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Number

ofsubscriptionsinmillions

Year

Asia & Pacific

Europe

The Americas


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Our Project

Preserve Tewa Language

Design mobile application

Create educational website


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Our Project





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Designing the Application


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Record

Create Recordings

Play back sound clips

Enter information aboutrecordings


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Record

Create Recordings

Play back sound clips

Enter information aboutrecordings


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Browse

Browse categories from script

Categories based on Cherokeeapplication

Altered list to be Tewa specific

Listen to all recordings for

each category


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Browse

Browse categories from script

Categories based on Cherokeeapplication

Altered list to be Tewa specific

Listen to all recordings for

each category


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Flashcards

See Tewa word and hear

recording

Associate word with pictureand English word

Learn vocabulary more easily


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Game

Word association game

Apply learned vocabulary forentertainment

Earn points for creatingrecordings and playing game


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Next


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Point System

CollectingPoints

Game

Correct 1st

Attempt

3

Correct 2nd

Attempt

2

Correct 3rd

Attempt

1

UploadingRecordings

Easy

5

Medium

10

Difficult

15


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Search

Addition to browse feature

Search for word or phrase inTewa or English


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Favorites

Save frequently used

recordings

Access recordings withoutinternet or 3G connection


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Programming the Application

Based on Venice applicationfrom WPI Project

Used Android OS

Designed all screens

Developed recording and

playback features


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Initial Recordings

Used Indigenous LanguageInstitutes recording studio

Recorded Virgie Bigbee, JeremyMontoya, and Eva Mitchell

Made accessible by application

and website


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Our Project





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TewaTalk Website

Supplemental website to TewaTalk application

Provides additional features and resources

Allows people without smart phones to learn

Collects recordings and other data from thephone application


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Designing the Website

Educational tool tosupplement application

Created a Google siteas a design for anHTML site

Houses uploaded

recordings Ability to download

app
https://sites.google.com/site/tewatalk/https://sites.google.com/site/tewatalk/


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See More!

For more details about TewaTalk, check outour website:

https://sites.google.com/site/tewatalk/

For access, please request permission to thewebsite and let us know you attended thispresentation and are from the Pueblo ofPojoaque.
https://sites.google.com/site/tewatalk/https://sites.google.com/site/tewatalk/


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Next Steps for TewaTalk

HTML-based website to support alldesigned features

Implement game into application

Implement moderation system

Establish server owned by Pueblo ofPojoaque to receive uploadedrecordings


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Implementing a Census

Mathematical model to determine number ofnew speakers to prevent further decline

Anne Kandler Santa Fe Institute

Need census over many years to makemodel work

Questions about level of fluency Game in app to help determine level of

fluency


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What time is it?

Hdan nana?thantaaSorry! That is

incorrect

OK

Correct!

Next Question


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What time is it?

Hdan ???Are you sure you want

the answer?

Yes No

The answer is:

Hdan nana?

Next Question

Preserving Other Indigenous


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Preserving Other IndigenousLanguages

Make a website that can instantly createcustomized versions of TewaTalk for other

indigenous languages

Worcester Polytechnic Institute andIndigenous Language Institute work together

Apply for grant


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Acknowledgements

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Felicia Rivera Pueblo of Pojoaque EducationDepartment

Virgie Bigbee Pueblo of Tesuque

Jeremy Montoya Pueblo of Pojoaque

Eva Mitchell Pueblo of Tesuque

George Rivera Pueblo of Pojoaque

Joseph Talachy Pueblo of Pojoaque

Karl Duncan Pueblo of PojoaqueSam Catanach Pueblo of Pojoaque

Anne Kandler Santa Fe Institute

Tewa Language Committee


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K?daaw?ha

(Thank you!)


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References

http://email.eva.mpg.de/~wichmann/PowerLawsWichmann.pdf

Edmonds, D., Naranjo, D., & Pedro, T. (2012). Revolutionary

Approaches to Strengthen Native Languages, Senior HonorsProject. SFIS. Santa Fe, NM.

http://www.venicenoise.org/

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Kandler, Anne, Roman Unger, and James Steele. 2010.Language shift, bilingualism and the future of britain's celticlanguages. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society ofLondon. Series B, Biological Sciences 365 (1559): 3855-64.
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