Anisia Katinskaia
Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Finland
Javad Nouri
Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Finland
Roman Yangarber
Department of Computer Science, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Published in: Proceedings of the Joint 6th Workshop on NLP for Computer Assisted Language Learning and 2nd Workshop on NLP for Research on Language Acquisition at NoDaLiDa, Gothenburg, 22nd May 2017
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 134:4, p.
NEALT Proceedings Series 30:4, p.
Published: 2017-05-11
ISBN: 978-91-7685-502-7
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
We describe a computational system for language learning and supporting endangered languages. The platform provides the user an opportunity to improve her competency through active language use. The platform currently works with several endangered Finno-Ugric languages, as well as with Yakut, and Finnish, Swedish, and Russian. This paper describes the current stage of ongoing development.
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