Supporting minority languages and Wikimedia community (Round table)

Aug 9, 2024·
Elwin Huaman
Elwin Huaman
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Abstract
Contemporary humans have developed 7,167 natural languages, 331 have secured a Wikipedia which then becomes de facto central online hub for those communities. 95.4% (~6,800) of the linguistic diversity isnt supported by Wikimedia while half (3,500) are expected to disappear in coming 70 years. How can wikimedians help knowledgeable communities to promote their language ?
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National University of Altiplano

Katowice, Katowice

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Elwin Huaman
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Elwin Huaman is a Quechuan Researcher from Nuñoa Peru, working in the Centre for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence at the University of Cambridge. He has experience creating Knowledge Graphs within the civil society, academia and industry. He has co-authored the book: Knowledge Graphs - Methodology, Tools and Selected Use Cases, and is founder of QuechuaBase, a knowledge base ecosystem that supports a harmonization process of the language and knowledge of Quechua communities across the world while promoting their agency and digital inclusion.