Abstract
Mexico is one of the countries with more linguistic wealth in the world, a contradiction in discriminatory behavior on the part of our urban indigenous community. This article proposes the Web design and development of educational software tool for teaching and learning Zapotec language of the Istmo of Tehuantepec in Oaxaca state. In order to contribute to increased instructive acquis on electronic media, as well as the diffusion, promotion and preservation of cultural heritage of the Istmo of Tehuantepec through learning and Zapotec language use. The development of the educational tool was performed using the methodology of User-Centered Design (UCD) to cover the functionality of the software based on the context of potential users.
Highlights
According with UNESCO’s Endangered Languages Program, about half of the 6,000-plus languages spoken today will disappear by the end of this century worldwide [1]
The linguist David Harrison, co-leader of National Geographic's Enduring Voices project, mentioned "It is vital to saving mother tongues because they are the primary conduit for human culture" [4]
We propose the design and development of educational software for teaching-learning Zapotec language of the Istmo of the Tehuantepec region
Summary
According with UNESCO’s Endangered Languages Program, about half of the 6,000-plus languages spoken today will disappear by the end of this century worldwide [1]. The CIESASs web site shows that: “around of 60 native languages in Mexico are at risk, critically endangered 21 of these, with only a few elderly speakers left,” (see Fig. 1). The languages most at risk in Mexico, including the Zapotec, the Chatino, and the Seri's tongues are undergoing fast change for a number of reasons. Mexico is a good example of this situation. In this sense, to preserve Mexico's threatened languages there should be an integrated policy that involved bilingual education technologies and design of school curricula [5]. Many Mexicans may have less interest in their region's native tongue, one of the main reasons is because Spanish is the dominant language typically taught Spanish in school
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