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The BLARK Matrix and its relation to the language
resources situation for the Celtic languages
Delyth PrysLanguage Technologies Unit,
Canolfan BedwyrUniversity of Wales, Bangor
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The target audience of the BLARK is:
• researchers (both in academia and in industry), and educators
• policy makers and organisations
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Welsh Language Technologies1992 Welsh Language Act1993 Terminology Spelling and
Centre Grammar Checker1998 Welsh Assembly Government2000 NAACLT Conference, Limerick2001 e-Welsh Unit founded2003 + Speech Technology
+ Place-name Centre2006 Welsh Language Board IT Strategy2006 e-Welsh>Language Technologies Unit
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LR Activities• Terminology Standardization
– 23 projects• Lexical projects
– English/Welsh, Irish/Welsh, digitization• Language tools
– spelling, grammar checkers, hyphenators• Place-name archives
– historical, contemporary• Speech Technology
– speech processing resources for Welsh and Irish• Computer-assisted language learning
– CDs and web-based e.g. BBCs’ LearnWelsh web-site
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[Please imagine knight in shining armour galloping across screen carrying BLARK banner]
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Celtic Community• Common linguistic heritage• Common socio-political situation• Some common pan-Celtic institutions• Grant possibilities• Celtic is sexy!
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Celtic overviewIrish Scots
GaelicManx Welsh Breton Cornish
Official Status xxx xx xx xx x x
No. of users xx xx x xxx xx xPrognosis xx xx xx xxx xx xxAcademic community xxx xx x xxx xx x
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States & LanguagesIrish Scots
GaelicManx Welsh Breto
nCornish
Member State Ireland
/UKUK Non
EUUK Fra-
nceUK
Bilingual with E E E E F ELang-uage packs
C + V V V C + V
V V
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BLARK Recipe• Applications (e.g. CALL, access
control)• Modules (e.g. morphological analysis,
speech synthesis)• Language data (e.g. data sets,
descriptors)
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Available Written DataIrish Scots
GaelicManx Welsh Breton Cornish
Religious xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxLegal xxx xx xx xx x xBilingual xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxxNewspapers x x x x x x
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Available Spoken DataIrish Scots
GaelicManx Welsh Breton Cornish
Religious xx xxx x xxx x xBroadcast xxx xx x xxx x xOther formal xxx xx xx xxx xx xxFree dialogue xxx xx x xxx xx x
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Conclusions• BLARK not only good but desirable• Develop Pre-Blark in order to be
realistic• Also look for other solutions in data-
poor environments• Archive and store all possible data• Educate and train• Mobilise wider academic community• Lobby policy makers