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Computational Linguistics and Mayan Languages - Indiana University

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The situation in Guatemala<br />

• Semi-governmental organization, the Academia de las<br />

Lenguas Mayas de Guatemala, oversees languagerelated<br />

issues, is involved in translation, education,<br />

production of materials, but there is little funding for<br />

its work.<br />

• Other independent organizations working on <strong>Mayan</strong><br />

language issues, including Asociación Ajb’atz’ Enlace<br />

Quiché, an NGO dedicated to using technology for<br />

teaching <strong>and</strong> strengthening the languages.<br />

• Small number of online resources, a few monolingual<br />

<strong>and</strong> bilingual texts, bilingual dictionaries, teaching<br />

materials.<br />

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