37.900, Calls: Tools for Minoritized Languages (France)

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Subject: 37.900, Calls: Tools for Minoritized Languages (France)

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Date: 03-Mar-2026
From: Mélanie Jouitteau [melanie.jouitteau at iker.cnrs.fr]
Subject: Tools for Minoritized Languages


Full Title: Tools for Minoritized Languages
Short Title: OLMI
Theme: Digital tools for minority languages with a focus on teaching
contexts

Date: 05-May-2026 - 05-May-2026
Location: Plouzane (Brest), France
Contact Person: Mélanie Jouitteau
Meeting Email: degemer at yar.bzh
Web Site: https://mgrobol.codeberg.page/olmi/

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics;
Text/Corpus Linguistics; Translation

Call Deadline: 13-Mar-2026

Call for Papers:
The YAR (ANR) and Cais (B-Monde/Agile Cymru) projects are
co-organizing a workshop on tools for minority languages with a focus
on teaching contexts.
The workshop will take place on 5 May 2026 in Brittany (France), at
Technopôle Brest-Iroise in Plouzane, on the premises of the Institut
National Polytechnique de Bretagne.
The aim of the workshop is to discuss the digital practices of
teachers, learners, and speakers of minoritized languages and
“non-standard” variants. How can we integrate the multiplicity of
variants into our learning processes? How can we create tools in
collaboration with their intended users in a way that is adapted to
the sociological context of a given language? How can we equip
teaching and learning in a way that is relevant to the entire speaking
community? What practical ethics for NLP in minoritized languages?
We welcome proposals on the following (non-exhaustive) topics:
 - co-construction of tools with their users;
 - integration of NLP tools in learning processes (automatic
generation of exercises, transcription tools for learners);
 - participatory methods for collecting, archiving, and disseminating
resources for speakers;
 - processes of direct evaluations by the speakers.
Works that do not involve speakers of the language under focus, and
works that concern languages for which tools are already widely
available are not eligible.
Proposals should be sent by email to degemer at yar.bzh before the 13th
March as an anonymous one-page abstract (including references), in
English or French. The email should contain your name, surname and
affiliation separately. Accepted abstracts will be presented as
plenary talks.
Registration is €10, including lunch buffet and breaks. Financial
assistance for travel expenses may be considered upon request.
This workshop is organized with the support of the Brittany Region
(B-Monde), the Welsh Government (Agile Cymru), the CNRS, and the INP
Bretagne. It is part of a series of workshops over three days, from
May 4 to May 6. The day of May 4 will be devoted to the issue of LLMs
evaluations in Brittonic languages (in English), and the day of May 6
to the design of tools for transcription in the classroom with
teachers for adults (in Breton).
Important Dates:
March 13, 2026 - submission deadline
March 2023, 2026 - acceptation notifications
May 5, 2026 - OLMI workshop
Organising Committee:
Alice Millour, U. Paris VII
Anne-Gwenn Bosser, ENIB
Dewi Jones, U. Bangor
Jean-Yves Antoine, U. Blois
Mélanie Jouitteau, CNRS
Morgan Grobol, U. Paris-Nanterre



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