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title = {Amulwe Kim{\"u}n: A Community-Grounded Demo, Resource, and {ASR} Baseline for Mapuzugun},
author = "Ahumada Oliva, Cristian Eduardo and
Sadat, Fatiha",
editor = "Piperidis, Stelios and
Bel, N{\'u}ria and
van den Heuvel, Henk and
Ide, Nancy and
Krek, Simon and
Toral, Antonio",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the Fifteenth Language Resources and Evaluation Conference",
month = may,
year = "2026",
address = "Palma de Mallorca, Spain",
publisher = "ELRA Language Resource Association",
url = "https://aclanthology.org/2026.lrec-1.266/",
doi = "10.63317/386vegsicf5x",
pages = "3360--3368",
abstract = {This paper introduces Amulwe Kim{\"u}n ({``}a means or path for knowledge'' in Mapuzugun), a community-grounded multimodal quiz application co-created with Mapuche speakers to support the revitalization of Mapuzugun. Developed within a FACSO{--}CONADI collaboration during an intensive language course, the platform integrates multiple-choice, ordering and free-text exercises, as well as forums and chat functions to promote language practice, peer learning, and a sense of community. A pilot involving 32 learners produced 562 responses across 43 questions, with accuracies of 92.3{\%} (multiple choice), 55.2{\%} (ordering), and 7.1{\%} (free-text), offering insights for refining item design and evaluation strategies. The low open-answer accuracy is related to a strict exact-match scoring and orthographic variation of the language. In addition, we present an initial Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) prototype (Whisper-small + LoRA), establishing a fine-tuned baseline relative to zero-shot performance. The demo illustrates how community-grounded design, language resources, and lightweight evaluation can productively meet in a practical tool for an endangered language.}
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%A Ahumada Oliva, Cristian Eduardo
%A Sadat, Fatiha
%Y Piperidis, Stelios
%Y Bel, Núria
%Y van den Heuvel, Henk
%Y Ide, Nancy
%Y Krek, Simon
%Y Toral, Antonio
%S Proceedings of the Fifteenth Language Resources and Evaluation Conference
%D 2026
%8 May
%I ELRA Language Resource Association
%C Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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%P 3360-3368
Markdown (Informal)
[Amulwe Kimün: A Community-Grounded Demo, Resource, and ASR Baseline for Mapuzugun](https://aclanthology.org/2026.lrec-1.266/) (Ahumada Oliva & Sadat, LREC 2026)
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