Rašytinė ir sakytinė lietuvių kalba įprastoje ir elektroninėje terpėse

BENDRINĖ KALBA 90 (2017) www.bendrinekalba.lt ISSN 2351-7204 LAIMUTIS TELKSNYS Vilniaus universiteto Matematikos ir informatikos institutas LITHUANIAN LANGUAGE IN USE AND IN THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA KEY WORDS: mother tongue, language equality, digital age, writing, speaking. The article discusses the situation of the Lithuanian language in a rapidly changing, modernizing world of more than 7 billion people, drawing attention to the fact that Lithuanian is a non-commercial language and is spoken by only a few million people. Proposals are made on what we need to do to ensure that the written and spoken Lithuanian language will live securely and firmly in the future, both in paper documents and in electronic media. Situation People communicate face-to-face and/or via the Internet in different languages, using different scripts: Latin, Arabic, Cyrillic, hieroglyphs and other language scripts. It is significant that the community of people is supplemented by rapidly spreading smart machines – robots, cars, smart objects, with which we will talk while working. The European Parliament also emphasizes the importance of language equality in its latest 2017 study (see Language equity in the digital age2017.1-165). The question arises: how should we, the few millions of Lithuanians whose language is non-commercial, act so that we do not disappear in the ocean of more than 7 billion writing and speaking people and the coming smart machines. Concept We must achieve that in paper documents and electronic media, the written Lithuanian language is written with the characters of the Lithuanian alphabet, and the spoken language sounds are presented with the correct spoken Lithuanian language sounds. LATEST CENTER. Written and spoken Lithuanian language in conventional and electronic media |2 BENDRINĖ KALBA 90 (2017) www.bendrinekalba.lt ISSN 2351-7204 Vision In paper documents and electronic media, the written and spoken Lithuanian language is used in accordance with the rules of spelling and pronunciation of the Lithuanian language. Purpose To ensure the correct use of written and spoken Lithuanian language in paper dokumentuose ir elektroninėje terpėje. Tasks 1.To create transcribers to represent non-Lithuanian written language characters in Lithuanian written language characters, as shown in the first figure. 1 PAV. Transcriber for representing non-Lithuanian written language characters in Lithuanian written language characters 2.To develop transcribers for representing non-Lithuanian spoken language sounds in Lithuanian spoken language characters suitable for automatic synthesis of Lithuanian spoken language words sounds, as shown in the second figure. LATEST CENTER. Written and spoken Lithuanian language in conventional and electronic media BENDRINĖ KALBA 90 (2017) www.bendrinekalba.lt ISSN 2351-7204 |3 2 PAV. Transcriber for representing non-Lithuanian spoken language sounds in Lithuanian spoken language characters suitable for automatic synthesis of Lithuanian spoken language words 3.Ensure that non-Lithuanian personal names and place names in Lithuanian electronic data repositories are written in Lithuanian and in the characters of the original language. 4.Ensure that in Lithuanian electronic data repositories, the pronunciation of non-Lithuanian names and place names is provided in audio recordings made by pronouncing Lithuanian sounds and audio recordings in the original language. 5.Ensure that the dialogue with information technology tools (computers, phones, wearable computer equipment, smart watches, objects, robots) is conducted in the correct written and spoken Lithuanian language. Works Methods and tools – hardware and software – must be developed to ensure the correct use of written and spoken Lithuanian in paper documents and electronic media, combining written and spoken Lithuanian and other languages in paper documents and electronic media. dokumentuose ir elektroninėje terpėje. LATEST CENTER. Written and spoken Lithuanian in conventional and electronic media |4 It is necessary to BENDRINĖ KALBA 90 (2017) www.bendrinekalba.lt ISSN 2351-7204 develop transcribers – to represent non-Lithuanian written language signs in Lithuanian written language signs and non-Lithuanian spoken language sounds in Lithuanian spoken language signs, suitable for automatic synthesis of spoken Lithuanian words sounds. Result These works will ensure that: - Lithuanian-speaking people will be able to communicate with smart information technology devices (phones, tablets, wearable computer equipment, smart objects, robots) in a correct written and/or spoken Lithuanian language; - non-Lithuanian personal names will be presented in electronic Lithuanian data repositories in Lithuanian script characters and in the original characters, and the pronunciation of non-Lithuanian personal names will be presented in audio recordings made by pronouncing Lithuanian sounds and audio recordings in the original language. LITTERACY Language equality in the digital age. The Native Language Project. European Parliament. Investigation. IP/G/STOA/FWC/2013-001/Lot4/C2. EPRS | European Parliament Research Service. Foresight Unit (STOA) PE 581.621. March 2017 166 p. Language equality in the digital age. Towards a Human Language Project. STUDY. IP/G/STOA/FWC/2013-001/Lot4/C2. EPRS|European Parliamentary Research Service. Scientific Foresight Unit (STOA) PE 581.621. March 2017. 165 p. Received 30 November 2017 LAIMUTIS TELKSNYS Vilniaus universiteto Matematikos ir informatikos institutas Goštauto g. 12, LT-01108, Vilnius [email protected] LATEST CENTER. Written and spoken Lithuanian language in conventional and electronic media BENDRINĖ KALBA 90 (2017) www.bendrinekalba.lt ISSN 2351-7204 |5 WRITTEN AND SPOKEN LITHUANIAN LANGUAGE IN PAPER AND ONLINE ELECTRONIC SPACE S u m m a r y The situation of the Lithuanian language in a rapidly changing, modern 7 billion people world is discussed. The suggestions are presented on what a few million Lithuanian people need to ensure that Lithuanian written and spoken language will be strong in the digital age. KEY WORDS: human language, language equality, digital age, writing, speaking. LAIMUTIS TELKSNYS Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius University Goštauto g. 12, LT-01108, Vilnius [email protected]