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− | We celebrate 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Language | + | ''We celebrate 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Language" |
To honor the Indigenous languages of Uganda we organize a community week with events, lectures and workshops | To honor the Indigenous languages of Uganda we organize a community week with events, lectures and workshops | ||
− | 18 – 22 November | + | '''Where: Makerere University''' |
+ | '''When : 18 – 22 November 201''' | ||
+ | ====Selected Activities==== | ||
− | Opening Day | + | Opening Day |
− | Welcoming address: | + | Welcoming address: By the hosts at Makerere University |
− | + | Key note speakers | |
− | Ugandan Language Fair | + | ====Ugandan Language Fair==== |
− | The | + | The fair will host a poster session and small events presenting the work of invited communities and individuals. |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | + | =====Call for participation===== | |
+ | If you would like to present a poster or present an initiative, or work with language development in an academic setting or otherwise please contact the organizers at Makerere University. We would love to hear from you. If you are a developer of language technology working in Uganda or on Ugandan languages, please contact us. We would like to promote your work. | ||
− | + | Literary [Logos here] | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ====Workshops and Theme talks==== | |
− | + | =====Theme 1===== | |
− | + | ||
− | + | ||
− | Theme 1 | + | |
− | + | ||
Laurent Besacier | Laurent Besacier | ||
Speech technologies for low resource languages: an introduction | Speech technologies for low resource languages: an introduction | ||
− | + | hands-on tutorial on an ASR open source software | |
− | Theme 2 | + | =====Theme 2 ===== |
Laurent Besacier | Laurent Besacier | ||
− | + | Computational language documentation: an introduction | |
− | Theme 3 | + | =====Theme 3===== |
Dorothee Beermann | Dorothee Beermann | ||
− | + | Corpus building for less-resourced language. | |
The use of linguistic services and online databases in the creation of African language resources. | The use of linguistic services and online databases in the creation of African language resources. | ||
− | Panel discussion | + | |
+ | |||
+ | ====Panel discussion==== | ||
+ | ''How do we strengthen Uganda’s local languages?'' | ||
− | + | Participants community members, initiative representatives, companies and developers |
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We celebrate 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Language"
To honor the Indigenous languages of Uganda we organize a community week with events, lectures and workshops
Where: Makerere University When : 18 – 22 November 201
Contents
Selected Activities
Opening Day
Welcoming address: By the hosts at Makerere University
Key note speakers
Ugandan Language Fair
The fair will host a poster session and small events presenting the work of invited communities and individuals.
Call for participation
If you would like to present a poster or present an initiative, or work with language development in an academic setting or otherwise please contact the organizers at Makerere University. We would love to hear from you. If you are a developer of language technology working in Uganda or on Ugandan languages, please contact us. We would like to promote your work.
Literary [Logos here]
Workshops and Theme talks
Theme 1
Laurent Besacier Speech technologies for low resource languages: an introduction hands-on tutorial on an ASR open source software
Theme 2
Laurent Besacier Computational language documentation: an introduction
Theme 3
Dorothee Beermann Corpus building for less-resourced language. The use of linguistic services and online databases in the creation of African language resources.
Panel discussion
How do we strengthen Uganda’s local languages?
Participants community members, initiative representatives, companies and developers