DICIONÁRIOS MULTIMÍDIA: UMA TECNOLOGIA SOCIAL PARA AUXILIAR A APRENDIZAGEM E REVITALIZAÇÃO DE LÍNGUAS MINORIZADAS

Ana Vilacy Galucio; Joshua Birchall; Ivan Rocha; Saulo Rodrigo Teixeira Brito; Matheus Augusto  Ribeiro Soares; Israel Nathan Marcon; Douglas  da Costa Rodrigues Junior; Ellison dos santos; Victor Siqueira Rocha; Antônia Fernanda de souza nogueira; Flávio Henrique Ferreira Pinheiro; Juliana Ketelen Souza Solano; Bruno Pinto Silva

doi:10.1590/SciELOPreprints.13693

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Ana Vilacy Galucio Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0168-1904
- Conceptualization
- Data Curation
- Investigation
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Writing – Review & Editing
Joshua Birchall University of New Mexico
- Conceptualization
- Data Curation
- Investigation
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Writing – Review & Editing
Ivan Rocha Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
- Conceptualization
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Writing – Review & Editing
Saulo Rodrigo Teixeira Brito Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Methodology
- Software
Matheus Augusto Ribeiro Soares Federal University of Para
- Investigation
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Writing – Review & Editing
Israel Nathan Marcon Federal University of Para
- Investigation
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Writing – Review & Editing
Douglas da Costa Rodrigues Junior Federal University of Para
- Investigation
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Writing – Review & Editing
Ellison dos santos Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
- Investigation
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
Victor Siqueira Rocha Federal University of Para
- Investigation
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Writing – Review & Editing
Antônia Fernanda de souza nogueira Federal University of Para
- Investigation
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
Flávio Henrique Ferreira Pinheiro Federal University of Para
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
Juliana Ketelen Souza Solano Federal University of Para
- Investigation
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation
- Writing – Review & Editing
Bruno Pinto Silva University of New Mexico
- Writing – Original Draft Preparation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/SciELOPreprints.13693

Keywords:

Indigenous languages, Lexicography, Language revitalization

Abstract

This article discusses the importance of multimedia dictionaries as multifunctional and multipurpose products developed as a social technology aimed at the learning of endangered languages. Multimedia dictionaries for Indigenous languages represent a reusable, freely available, and easily accessible methodology that can be used by communities on a large scale without the need for internet access. The use of technology such as smartphones, tablets, or computers, though still incipient, is already a reality in many Indigenous communities, which favors the implementation of dictionaries in digital formats whose lexical entries can be illustrated with multimedia resources. The article first presents the concept, methodology, and technology involved in creating these dictionaries and describes the macro- and microstructures adopted in them, which are determined according to the needs of speakers or potential speakers of the language. It also discusses the role of multimedia dictionaries in language planning within the context of revitalization practices for minoritized and endangered languages, based on the experience of developing dictionaries for eight Indigenous languages at the Linguistics Division of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG) in collaboration with the University of New Mexico (UNM, USA): Kanoé, Sakurabiat, Oro Win, Djeoromitxi, Puruborá, Makurap, Wayoro and Salamãi. In the context of vulnerability and the threat of extinction faced by most Indigenous languages in Brazil, multimedia dictionaries emerge as a tool to support language revitalization and can be useful both in the transmission of languages and in their documentation and description.