Create Proposal centered around Linguapax Review 9

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The Linguapax Review 9 summarizes the state of language technologies for many languages. Can we propose and features or efforts based on this report?

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Roland Kuhn runs the Canadian Indigenous languages technology project project. Their section titled "THE INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES TECHNOLOGY (ILT) PROJECT AT THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA, AND ITS CONTEXT" lists a variety of engineering, rule based models, and machine learning models for support indigenous language revitalization centered around languages within Canada.

From reading that section there's a few highlights:

• First Voices A platform for recording and cataloging language data for First Nation languages and prioritizes helping language learning.
• 7000 Languages An NPO building language learning tools for a different set of First Nation languages. This appears to an NPO started by Transparent Language.
• First Peoples' Cultural Council a governance and funding organization that supports language revitalization.

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The O Foundation has a section titled "OPENSPEAKS: TRANSFORMING LEARNING OF TECH INNOVATIONS IN LOW-RESOURCE LANGUAGE DOCUMENTATIONS TO OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES" that details the use cases of Open Speaks. Open Speaks helps language archivists catalog endangered languages.

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Rising Voices is partnering with UNESCO to provide educational material to indigenous language communities to grow their digital presence. They recognize the desire of language community members to understand the overall impact they're having on the internet. This is covered in the "RISING VOICES: INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE DIGITAL ACTIVISM" section written by Eddie Avila

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Steven Bird, well known indigenous language supporter, proposes a set of activities for speakers of prevalent languages that could be interesting apps:

• Greet people in their language
• Speak the indigenous language of your geography
• Raise bilingual children
• Participate in local community festivals
• Pronounce peoples names properly
• Play a set of language games focused on principles above

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Proposals:

• Reach out to Rising Voices
• Reach out to O Foundation
• Reach out to First Voices
• Reach out to 7000 Languages

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Documenting this all in a spreadsheet that can be shared upon request.