The BLARK Matrix and its relation to the language resources situation for the Celtic languages Delyth Prys Language Technologies Unit, Canolfan Bedwyr.

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The BLARK Matrix and its relation to the language resources situation for the Celtic languages Delyth Prys Language Technologies Unit, Canolfan Bedwyr University of Wales, Bangor

The target audience of the BLARK is: researchers (both in academia and in industry), and educators policy makers and organisations

Welsh Language Technologies 1992 Welsh Language Act 1993 Terminology Spelling and Centre Grammar Checker 1998 Welsh Assembly Government 2000 NAACLT Conference, Limerick 2001 e-Welsh Unit founded Speech Technology + Place-name Centre 2006 Welsh Language Board IT Strategy 2006 e-Welsh>Language Technologies Unit

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

[Please imagine knight in shining armour galloping across screen carrying BLARK banner]

Celtic Community Common linguistic heritage Common socio-political situation Some common pan-Celtic institutions Grant possibilities Celtic is sexy!

Celtic overview IrishScots Gaelic ManxWelshBretonCornish Official Status xxxxx xx No. of users xx xxxxxxx Prognosis xx xxxxx Academic community xxxxxxxxxxxx

States & Languages IrishScots Gaelic ManxWelshBreto n Cornish Member State Ireland /UK UKNon EU UKFra- nce UK Bilingual with EEEEFE Lang- uage packs C + VVVC + VC + VVV

BLARK Recipe Applications (e.g. CALL, access control) Modules (e.g. morphological analysis, speech synthesis) Language data (e.g. data sets, descriptors)

Available Written Data IrishScots Gaelic ManxWelshBretonCornish Religious xxx xx Legal xxxxx xx Bilingual xxx Newspapers xxxxxx

Available Spoken Data IrishScots Gaelic ManxWelshBretonCornish Religious xxxxxx xx Broadcast xxxxxxxxxxx Other formal xxxxx xxxxx Free dialogue xxxxxxxxxxxx

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