A digital support for Indigenous language revitalization efforts in Kamchatka: “Koryak tuyu” mobile application for Koryak language learning
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Indigenous Languages and Technology
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Papers
Abstract
This article on indigenous language revitalization focuses on the focuses on the revitalization of the Koryak language, one of the seven indigenous languages in Kamchatka, Russia. It begins with framing the ethnolinguistic situation in Kamchatka in the context of demographic and statistical data and continues with an overview of efforts to preserve and develop endangered indigenous languages in the region. The next section introduces the uptake of digital technology for Koryak language learning. To support technology inclusion with remote communities the author of this study and her team have developed a mobile language learning application called “Koryak tuyu” has been developed to facilitate the to study the of Koryak language both in both a home-based individual learning and a classroom learning as a supplemental tool. The article provides a description of the language application and a discussion of the application’s features and components.
