An unprecedented challenge for Calabria
We do not want to simulate an artificial “Calabrian”. We want to document the real complexity and prove that an entire community can turn its memory into public technology.
The idea and the responsibility
A computer engineer and Chief Information Officer, he conceived and promoted the project to unite innovation, participation and the protection of Calabria’s linguistic identities. Technology is not the starting point: it is the tool used to give the territories’ memories a future.
The pact with the Guardians
No fees, subscriptions or payments to contribute or validate.
Content will be returned to the public through open licences and transparent rules.
The Guardians’ work remains linked to their names, teams and territories.
No variant is erased to create an artificial, uniform language.
Audio, testimonies and sensitive data will require consent, traceability and community oversight.
The greater meaning
Millions of data points will not come from an office. They will come from towns, families, schools, associations, linguistic minorities, researchers and speakers. Technology will be the visible result of cooperation.
The road to AI
Words, phrases, concepts and situations to translate and localise.
A working form proposed to and reviewed by the community.
Provinces, municipalities, hamlets, families, ages and contexts.
Living evidence that makes the data reliable and pronounceable.
Models that learn differences, contexts and origins.
An AI capable of responding while respecting the chosen territory.
An ecosystem, not a simple archive
A contribution enters the municipality, enriches its book, can be heard in the Atlas, supports the Team and increases the value of the linguistic corpus.
Technology is credible only when it grows from heritage documented with a rigorous method.
Discover how we workFrequently asked questions
To preserve the linguistic heritage of Calabrian dialects and speech varieties, municipality by municipality, and turn it into a public resource for communities, research and future technologies.
No. The project protects territorial diversity and does not erase differences, pronunciations or contexts to create an artificial uniform form.
To make participation understandable, collective and continuous, while recognising the work of Guardians and territories.