Intelligent Tutor System for the Learning of Otomí Language

Abstract

In this paper was raised as support to the rescue of the indigenous language called hñähñu (Otomí) existing in Mexico, in order to further develop the learning of this language in children's basic level, providing a teaching tool different from usual that children interact. The UNESCO marks that the countries should cultivate three languages: a native or local, in this case is hñähñu, or a national which is the Spanish, and the third is the implementation with other international language (English). The intelligent tutor system via web based on Joomla and PHP programming for learning the hñähñu or Otomí to the new generations and thus rescue the language from extinction. This research originates from an extensive and exhaustive collection of information from different bibliographic sources until the construction of intelligent tutoring system. The research work is designed to teach the basis of the Otomi language which is focused on the children of basic level in the region of the Mezquital Valley which is located in the State of Hidalgo, Mexico.