QICHWABASE: A Quechua Language and Knowledge Base for Quechua Communities

Over the last decade, the Web has increasingly become a space of language and knowledge representation. However, it is only true for well-spread languages and well-established communities, while minority communities and their resources received less attention. In this paper, we propose QICHWABASE to support the harmonization process of the Quechua language and knowledge, and its community. For doing it, we adopt methods and tools that could become a game changer in favour of Quechua communities around the world. We conclude that the methodology and tools adopted on building QICHWABASE, which is a Wikibase instance, could enhance the presence of minorities on the Web.

Getting Quechua Closer to Final Users through Knowledge Graphs

Quechua language and Quechua knowledge gather millions of people around the world and in several countries in South America. Unfortunately, there are only a few resources available to Quechua communities, and they are mainly stored in PDF format. In this paper, the Quechua Knowledge Graph is envisioned and generated as an effort to get Quechua closer to the Quechua communities, researchers, and technology developers. Currently, there are 553636 triples stored in the Quechua Knowledge Graph, which is accessible on the Web, retrievable by machines, and curated by users. To showcase the deployment of the Quechua Knowledge Graph, use cases and future work are described.