Development of the Parallel Corpus of Mexican Languages (CPLM
Gerardo Sierra
Cynthia A Montaño Ramírez2019
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Abstract
Mexico has a great language diversity. In addition to Spanish, there are 68 language groups and 364 variants (INALI, 2008), divided into 11 families. However, this wealth has been threatened due to discrimination against speakers. Indeed, Spanish has been imposed from the legislative, political and economic point of view, which has interrupted the intergenerational transmission of originary languages and, with it, caused the gradual loss of use spaces and communicative functions. Likewise, few technologies have been developed for these languages, because there are few texts written on the internet. The CPLM is a collaborative parallel corpus that contains texts aligned in Spanish and in six indigenous languages: Mayan, Ch'ol, Mazatec, Mixtec, Otomi and Nahuatl. This article describes the development of the CPLM, as well as the difficulties presented throughout the process. Resumen México cuenta con una gran diversidad de lenguas, ya que, aparte del español, existen 68 agrupaciones lingüísticas y 364 variantes (INALI, 2008), repartidas en 11 familias. Sin embargo, esta riqueza se ha visto amenazada debido a la discriminación hacia los hablantes. En efecto español se ha impuesto desde el punto de vista legislativo, político y económico, lo que ha interrumpido la transmisión intergeneracional de las lenguas originarias y, con ello, originado la pérdida paulatina de espacios de uso y funciones comunicativas. Así mismo, pocas tecnologías se han desarrollado para estas lenguas, debido a que existen pocos textos escritos en internet. El CPLM es un corpus paralelo colaborativo que presenta textos alineados en español y en seis lenguas indígenas: maya, ch'ol, mazateco, mixteco, otomí y náhuatl. Este artículo describe el desarrollo del CPLM, así como las dificultades presentadas a lo largo del proceso.
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