I Speak Kanoê: Engineering a Dataset for an Endangered Isolated Language

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Source: Data Science Workshop
Published: 8 Sep 2026
Authors: G. A. Gomes, I. S. Aragão, M. D. Silva, P. M. L. de Drumond, M. D. da Silva

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This paper present Eu Falo Kanoê, a relational dataset for documentation, study, and revitalization of the Kanoê language, a critically endangered linguistic isolate from southern Rondônia (Brazil). Consolidating 18 documentary sources (1992–2025) into a normalized PostgreSQL schema with five tables, it contains 1,684 lexical entries, 1,937 IPA pronunciation records (90.8% coverage), 2,134 sense annotations, and 612 contextualized sentences, all traceable via foreign keys. Curation followed FAIR and CARE principles for indigenous data governance. Released under CC BY-NC-SA, it provides a replicable foundation for NLP in low-resource settings and linguistic research on language isolates.

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