@inproceedings{cadotte-etal-2022-challenges,
    title = "Challenges and Perspectives for Innu-Aimun within Indigenous Language Technologies",
    author = "Cadotte, Antoine  and
      Le Ngoc, Tan  and
      Boivin, Mathieu  and
      Sadat, Fatiha",
    editor = "Moeller, Sarah  and
      Anastasopoulos, Antonios  and
      Arppe, Antti  and
      Chaudhary, Aditi  and
      Harrigan, Atticus  and
      Holden, Josh  and
      Lachler, Jordan  and
      Palmer, Alexis  and
      Rijhwani, Shruti  and
      Schwartz, Lane",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on the Use of Computational Methods in the Study of Endangered Languages",
    month = may,
    year = "2022",
    address = "Dublin, Ireland",
    publisher = "Association for Computational Linguistics",
    url = "https://preview.aclanthology.org/ingest-emnlp/2022.computel-1.13/",
    doi = "10.18653/v1/2022.computel-1.13",
    pages = "99--108",
    abstract = "Innu-Aimun is an Algonquian language spoken in Eastern Canada. It is the language of the Innu, an Indigenous people that now lives for the most part in a dozen communities across Quebec and Labrador. Although it is alive, Innu-Aimun sees important preservation and revitalization challenges and issues. The state of its technology is still nascent, with very few existing applications. This paper proposes a first survey of the available linguistic resources and existing technology for Innu-Aimun. Considering the existing linguistic and textual resources, we argue that developing language technology is feasible and propose first steps towards NLP applications like machine translation. The goal of developing such technologies is first and foremost to help efforts in improving language transmission and cultural safety and preservation for Innu-Aimun speakers, as those are considered urgent and vital issues. Finally, we discuss the importance of close collaboration and consultation with the Innu community in order to ensure that language technologies are developed respectfully and in accordance with that goal."
}