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==Methodology for Learning the Asháninka Language using the Mobile App==
https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3142/PAPER_05.pdf
Methodology for Learning the Asháninka Language using the
Mobile App
Jhasmin Sume Castillo Camañaria, Judmer Melvin Huaranga Valverdeb and Wilver
Auccahuasic
a, b, c
Universidad Científica del Sur, Lima, Perú
Abstract
This article presents the methodology used to develop an application for learning the
Asháninka mother tongue, the methodology used is that of mobile-D which has the phases of:
exploration where the necessary requirements were carried out to apply and study the
language; initialization, the stabilization of modules is carried out, the modules to work in the
application are carried out; Production stabilization and testing development process is
explained. In the development section it is explained in android, basic modules such as
(writing, listening and speaking) are presented for the user to interact, in addition the
dictionary section is presented so that they can look up the words and increase their
knowledge. The results were favorable in version 1, in the basic part, the functional test was
carried out where it was determined that the application is usable in version 1.
Keywords 1
Tongue, application, ashaninka, learning, evaluate
1. Introduction
Revalue our native and cultural languages of our country, so that they do not lose and continue to
remain, as one of the languages that exist in our territory. Over the years, many native languages have
been lost, and the number of people who speak their language from an early age is decreasing.
UNESCO presents the map of the indigenous languages of Peru in danger of extinction, of the 48
indigenous languages of the country, 21 are in danger of disappearing, in addition 40% of the world
population do not have access to education in their mother tongue as well These languages are divided
into two groups: those that are in danger of extinction and those that are seriously in danger.
The endangered languages spoken by Unesco are Bora, Murui-Muinami, Yagua and Yanesha, and
the 21 languages that are seriously endangered are spread over the regions of Loreto, San Martín,
Huánuco, Pasco, Junín, Lima, Ucayali and Madre de Dios [1].
According to Edgar Gutiérrez, Isaac Ocampo (2019). In the Warma Research: mobile application
for the learning of mathematics and language in educational institutions of the Quechua-speaking
communities in Ayacucho aims to improve the teaching and learning of language and mathematics for
children of initial education of Quechua-speaking populations of Ayacucho from the use of mobile
technologies. Among the results that have been obtained from this project is that initial education
children have digital educational instruments with content adapted to the Ayacuchan reality, which
favor the learning of language and mathematics in the mother tongue of their parents, being accessible
from any community Quechua speaker.
WAC-2022: Workshop on Applied Computing, January 27 – 28, 2022, Chennai, India.
EMAIL: wilver.auccahuasi@upn.edu.pe (Wilver Auccahuasi)
ORCID: 0000-0001-8820-4013 (Wilver Auccahuasi)
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This research helps children who speak and understand Quechua to learn mathematics and
communication language, this helps to reduce the weakening of the Quechua mother tongue as well as
to have the cultural identity of the Andean populations [2].
In the book Toponymy in the Great Pajonal, Ashaninka is an Arawaka language that also presents
many linguistic variables, which has generated at first, that some authors postulate different
classifications many times giving the name of language to what is considered today as a variety.
The Ashaninka has many linguistic variables, for example the Ashaninka of the Chanchamayo
Valley and the Ashaninka of the Mantaro Valley (Ene), these two valleys have Ashaninka, but it is
spoken in a different way in some words [3].
In the book Artificial Intelligence 101 Things You Should Know Today explains the main
approaches to artificial intelligence that it is an aspect of computing that computers have the ability to
learn without being programmed for that purpose.
New technologies such as Machine Learning are on the rise and are becoming more effective in
the learning process and today artificial intelligence is moving everywhere, whether in work, health,
environment, studies, etc. [4]
An Intelligent Virtual Agent Applied to an Educational Environment has a knowledge domain that
corresponds to the agenda of an academic task in order to interact with the student and resolve doubts
about the course.
The chatbot is an intelligent agent that helps mobile applications and web pages, to have more
information about the service or product that the company offers, we are going to implement this
chatbot in the mobile application to help the user's frequently asked questions [6]. The model of the
Bilingual Intercultural Education System (MOSEIB) that is applied in the areas of Ecuador aims to
verify the model of the Education system, which was processed through a survey built based on the
evaluation criteria, the analysis was supported with the legal theory reaching the conclusion that the
application of the model is good in 53%, 18% in a very good level and the rest of the regular and
deficient levels since there are limitations in ancestral knowledge.
The MOSEIB is a model with which we must guide ourselves for the valuation of indigenous
languages since they are guided by the legal theory that handles Intercultural Bilingual Education [7].
Applications for language learning for the University of Murcia presents the research that its
purpose was to know the use made in the university environment of mobile devices as well as the
applications they use in foreign languages subjects, the results show that the applications are adequate
tools for language learning.
This app that was implemented for language learning at the University of Murcia helped and it was
shown that these mobile tools, if they are suitable for learning foreign languages, can also be used by
university and non-university students [8].In VISP Design and Evaluation this is a mobile application
for the practice of oral competence helping students in their Idiomaticity of foreign languages, asking
students to make an audio of an authentic communicative task, the data obtained in this investigation
is that they allow to outline the theoretical and pedagogical framework in which the application can be
framed.
The VISP application helps students who study the English foreign language to improve their
speech by uploading an audio description to the platform for each task left in English class and thus
helps to use this application in the distance education that we are passing now [9].In the use of mobile
applications for learning a foreign language, data collection tools were used that allow them to
identify and determine the use that users currently have of applications developed specifically for
learning a foreign language, as well as the results obtained. allowed to determine that nowadays more
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people have access to smart mobile devices and with them applications developed for this type of
purpose the learning of foreign languages.
It is implied that mobile applications help a lot in aspects of life, for example in health, education,
so we must look for mobile applications to learn foreign languages or native languages to value and
learn each language [10].For this reason, a mobile application has been developed to learn this
language. This technological tool will help new generations learn this language and not lose the
language. This mobile application helps to improve grammar and oral skills to make learning this
language more fluid.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1 Analysis of the Entity's requirements:
Figure 1: Phases of the language application development methodology ashaninka
Exploración:
In this phase, the requirements that the application needs are investigated for this, references are
sought that must be included in an application to learn a foreign language and language such as
speaking, listening, understanding.
Table 1 describes the requirements that the user needs for a good learning of the Ashaninka
language and which modules should be integrated into the development process.
Table 1: User Requirements
NUMBER REQUEST
01 User registration by email or Facebook
Show modules to learn vowels, alphabet, numbers, animals,
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colors, greetings, the human body, family, etc.
Rectangular figures appear in each module and the vowels in
03 Spanish and Asháninka are written below, as are the numbers
and so on with all the modules.
Likewise, when they press on the rectangle a voice is heard
04 that repeats what is written that represents the pronunciation in
Ashaninka
Also, for them to practice pronunciation
05 there will be a module where it will be pure audio and users
have to leave their audio to be qualified
06 You will have a chatbot for any query that have the user
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07 There will be videos that teach basic dialogue
There will be a quiz option before using the app and after
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using the mobile app.
Table 2: System Requirement
Requirement for Development
nº Requirement for development
1 2 GB of disk space for
Android Studio, 4GB
recommended
(500MB for IDE and at least
1.5 GB for Android SDK,
emulator system images
And caches).
2 windows operating system
3 Sqlite, firebase
4 visual studio
5 0001 web for services
6 android cell phone
7 The Java Development Kit (JDK)
Initialization
In this second phase we begin to carry out the corresponding modules for vowels, alphabet, natural
numbers, greetings, colors, family, human body, etc.
The following Table 2 specifies the vowels that enter the Ashaninka language, which are 4 vowels
a, e, i, o, as we know in the Castilian alphabet the five vowels a, e, i, o, u are used in the asháninka
only uses 4 vowels.
Vowels
Table 3: The Vowels
Vowels Ashaninka
a a
e e
i i
o o
Table 4 describes the alphabet they use in the Ashaninka language, in this Ashaninka language
they only use 19 letters, in table 3 it is written in Spanish and in Ashaninka.
Alphabet
Table 4: Alphabet
Alphabet Ashaninka
a a
b ba
ch cha
e e
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i i
j ja
k ka
m ma
n na
ñ ña
o o
p pa
r ra
s sa
sh sha
t ta
ts tsa
ty tya
y ya
Table 5 describes the natural numbers from 0 to 10 written in Spanish and Ashaninka.
Natural Numbers
Table 5: Natural Numbers
Numbers Ashaninka
0 tecatzi
1 apani
2 apite
3 maba
4 otsi
5 koni
6 iko
7 tson
8 tsoti
9 tin
10 tsa
Table 6 describes the greetings are written in Castilian and Ashaninka.
Greetings
Table 6: Greetings
Greetings Ashaninka
Good Morning Kitaiteri
Good Afternoon Sheteneri
Good Night Tseteneri
Hello abiro
Bye añabakaja
I'm leaving jatanara
How are you? ¿Abirokaa?
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What are you doing? ¿Paitaka pantsiri?
Thanks Pasonki
Thank you all Pasonki marooni
Naka nosarentsite
I'm 22 years old
pitetsapite
I live in the
Noseiki Comunidad
Pucharini native
Nativa Pucharini
community
They live in the Isaikajetsi
Pucharini Native Comunidad
Community Nativa Pucharini
My dad lives in the Apa iseiki
Pucharini Native Comunidad
Community Nativa Pucharini
Naka nestoriatsi
I study in college
Universidaki
Table 7 shows some colors in the Ashaninka language. In Spanish there are many more colors in
this article, only some colors are presented in Ashaninka.
Colors
Table 7: Colors
Colors Ashaninka
Brown kamarari
Black kisari
blue potsitakiri
White kitamarori
green natsiriari
yellow kitiriri
Red kityonkari
Table 8 describes the genealogical tree of the family are described in Spanish and Ashaninka.
Family
Table 8: Family
Family Ashaninka
Grandpa api
Grandma isha
Dad apa
Mother ina
Brother Iye (aari)
Sister choki
Uncle pabaini
Aunt nanaine
Cousin yaya
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cousin entyo
Nephew chomi
Niece shintyo
Son in law notsinire
Daughter-in-law nebatayiro
Table 9 shows the parts of the human body in Spanish and Ashaninka.
Body
Table 9: Parts of the Human Body
Body Ashaninka
Hair kishitsi
Head Ito
Expensive iboro
Nose ikiri
Eyes iroki
(ibante)
Mouth
Pantentsi
Tongue inene
Tooth aiki
Ear noyenpita
Neck ikentsi
Arm noshenpa
Chest aspane
Belly nomotsa
Knee noyiyereto
Legs nobori
Foot Itzi
Presentation
Hello, good morning, my name is Jhasmin Castillo Camañari, I live in the Pucharini Native
Community, I am 22 years old and I am studying Systems Engineering at the Scientific University of
the South. My mother's name is Sume Camañari Camacho and my father's name is Mario Castillo
Luis live in the Pucharini Native Community
Abiro, kiteiteribe naka nopaita Jhasmin naka noseiki Comunidad, Naka nosarentsite pitetsapite
nostoriatatsi Uiniversidaki Científica del Sur Ingeniería de Sistemas
Production:
In this phase the steps for the production of the mobile application are explained, in figure 2 are
the steps that we must follow in the development process of the mobile application to learn the
Ashaninka language.
Figure 2: Steps for the production of the mobile application.
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Planning
We must make our schedule to have knowledge of what activities we must carry out every day,
also know our roles and that we must fulfill our tasks and always update the schedule since there will
always be inconveniences in the process of preparing part of the architecture of the project, we must
also always move forward with the documentation of how the project is being done.
Job
Realization of the modules of the mobile application, making the images, and putting the letters
and the audio so that it is more attractive for the users and does not seem boring, 1 carry out a virtual
exam so that the user takes the exam after each session of class.
Likewise, figure 3 shows the architecture graph of the mobile application for learning the
Ashaninka language.
As architecture: The Basic ViewModel architecture proposal made by google helps us to separate
components by libraries, with which it is maintainable, and flexible.
In + MVC architecture
- Activity, Fragment, DB.
A service has been used for the application in the MVC model so that the information is in the
form of a dictionary.
Figure 3: Ashaninka language mobile application architecture
Launch
In this step of the production we are going to study how the launch of the mobile application will
be so that it reaches more users and they know how to take advantage of it so that they learn new
languages native to Peru, in its version 1 the Ashaninka language is presented with basic parts, used
android studio.
Stabilization
In this phase of the methodology, the integration of the entire developed system is carried out since
we had it developed in parts, here everything is united to make it a single product and start with the
documentation such as the user manual on how this application is used.
Figure 4 shows the two steps that must be integrated in the stabilization of the mobile application.
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Figure 4: Stabilization of the mobile application
Integration of the entire System
All the modules of the mobile application must be joined in the same to see the operation of the
application and we must do the design tests if it is user-friendly, if it is flexible, quick to understand,
know how it works. Likewise, generate a report indicating the failures and recommendations for the
integration of the mobile application.
Documentation Production
We must develop a User guide so that the user has the knowledge of how the mobile application
works, how to register, how to take the evaluation, etc.
Design tests
In this phase, the steps for the design tests to be applied are shown. Figure 5 represents the steps to
follow to have good design tests.
Figure 5: Steps for design testing
Test and repair the system
In the first step we must do all the corresponding tests such as black box and white box audits, as
well as the administrator, user and super user with these tests carried out we will find faults in the
system and we must repair them before having a stable version of the application.
Get a stable version
After making the corresponding tests of the system and they have been repaired, we are going to
obtain the first version of the application and then do the tests with the user's requirements.
Tested with user requirements
After obtaining a stable version of the mobile application, we must test with the requirements
obtained by the users so that the application is approved and improve if some of the requirements are
missing or badly done and thus have a version 2 and will have more versions of the application.
The application is applicable and deliverable to the user
After improving the application with user tests, we have a final application hat is applicable and
can be delivered to end users who need or want to learn the Ashaninka language, which is an original
language of Peru and thus not lose the original culture and customs. .
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Design
In research work, the methodological design is pre-experimental since it is a non-experimental
research design technique that helps researchers to establish a relationship between the two variables.
This is of the applied type since its main objective is that it is based on solving practical problems.
The approach is qualitative since it is applied to any field of research and it studies the externally
investigated subject trying to achieve maximum objectivity. The population we take for the research
is from the Pucharini Native Community, it is in the Perené district, Chanchamayo Province, Junín
department. In the Pucharini Native Community there are around 800 people, counting children,
young adults and the elderly. From this population, 30 people will be sampled who are considered
users of the mobile application. The amount of sample we obtained was random as all people aged 14
to 45 years are chosen.
Evaluation
At this stage we will use the direct observation sheet to help us at what level of the Ashaninka
language you are at. First of all, we are going to take a written exam with about 100 questions in
addition to taking the oral exam with a presentation in the Ashaninka language and that says the
greetings numbers and some colors the alphabet, in addition to its presentation in Ashaninka and that
it sings a song, Let him say the numbers in Ashaninka, the colors, the human body, etc. An example
of the written test is shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6: Exam written in Ashaninka
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OBSERVATION SHEET
DEVELOPMENT AREA: ASHANINKA LANGUAGE
Surnames and names:
Age:
Table 10: Observation Sheet
Activity C B A AD
Written
Understand and answer animal questions well
Understand and answer greetings questions well
Understand and answer the colored questions well
Understand and answer the questions of the human
body well
Understand and answer vowel questions well
Understand and answer the alphabet questions well
Understand and answer family questions well
Understand and answer the number questions well
Oral
Presented appropriately in the Ashaninka language
Properly pronounce the questions the interviewer
asks you about greetings
Properly pronounce the questions asked by the
interviewer about vowels
Properly pronounce the questions the interviewer
asks you about the alphabet
Properly pronounce the questions the interviewer
asks you about colors
Properly pronounce the questions asked by the
interviewer about animals
Properly pronounce the questions asked by the
interviewer about parts of the human body
Properly pronounce the questions asked by the
interviewer about my family members
Properly pronounce the questions asked by the
interviewer about animals
Sing a song in the Ashaninka language
3. Results
During the study there were some cases of how we are going to evaluate our sample and we have
carried out a written and oral evaluation test. With which we write it down in the observation file that
has served as a necessary tool for our research work. As a result, we obtained that the architecture of
the application helped users learn the Ashaninka language, as well as that, thanks to the user's
interactivity with the mobile application, the main ones needed to learn a language such as the one
were taken into account. writing, reading, speaking and listening, in the application worked well for
the users and they learned the Ashaninka language a lot.
The usability of the mobile application is excellent as it is very flexible and well understood by the
user.
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For the development of the app, the technological tool firebase has been used, for the subject of the
service a dictionary has been stored and a search for the words and their meaning in Spanish of the
Ashaninka language has been stored.
Figure 7 shows the login to log into the mobile application.
Figure 7: Application Login
In figure 8 and 9 we will find an explanation of how the mobile application works.
Figure 8: Explanation of the mobile application
Figure 9: Explanation of the application
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In figure 10 we find the main screen of which modules the Ashaninka language learning mobile
application contains.
Figure 10: Main screen
In figure 11 we find the alphabet in the Ashaninka language, when the user clicks on the rectangle
and an audio will sound repeating the letters and the word to refer to the pronunciation.
Figure 11: Alphabet
In figure 12 the greetings in Asháninka are shown, as in the previous one, when the user clicks on
the icon of the drawings, an audio appears pronouncing the word they chose.
Figure 12: Greetings in Ashaninka
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Figure 12 shows a list of the animals and how they are written and pronounced when they click on
each of the boxes.
Figure 13: List of animals
Figure 13 shows the list of numbers, they also fulfill the same functions as all the modules.
Figure 14: Numbers
Figure 14 shows the human body module and continues to fulfill the same functions as the other
modules.
Figure 15: Parts of the human body
An example of the evaluation of how it will be after using the mobile application is presented in
figure 15.
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Figure 16: Example of the exam.
4. Conclusion
In conclusion that the methodology developed is adapted in the application as a tool for learning
the Ashaninka mother tongue, being the application in its first version the implementation of basic
modules has been carried out (human body, greetings, things, Numbers, videos, also the list of words
with translations is shown, a questionnaire has been carried out to measure the learning level). The
use of the non-relational database to manage the data of new users to manage the data entered about
the Ashaninka language which uses a Json format to update it instantly.
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