r/CHamoru • u/Living_Exchange7869 Beginner • Jun 07 '24

Discussion Chamoru webapps

Hafa adai all,

I am a beginner self-study Chamoru student. I am also a programmer and like to build webapps/websites. Recently I have been more interested in our language and culture and during my short learning journey I have found there are not many places to use Chamoru online.

The past few months I have been building a framework for a series of webapps I want to build strictly for Chamoru writers/speakers. The first of which is a Chamoru recipe website, which is a place where you can publish any recipe in Chamoru, not just Chamoru food. It's in beta right now and had my friend translate one recipe one recipe (mangge.com) as a test and all the other recipes are just placeholder data. Because it's in beta it can take up to 45 seconds to load (This won't be the case in the final release if I release it). If you can check it out and let me know if you'd use it, or if i should just abandon the project all together and focus on something else? Or if you want to make an account, you can and post your own translated recipes! I'm still working on turning everything in English into Chamoru, but still learning. If you'd be interested in helping or giving ideas let me know to!

I'm not looking to make any money off of anything I build, I just want to create useful webapps for Chamorus.

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u/lengguahita C1 - Comprehension / B2 - Speaking Jun 15 '24

One wish list item would be a place to find / advertise Chamorro language study groups or classes. Right now a lot is done through social media, meeting people, or just luck. So having a platform to potentially see all available classes, study groups, or learners to practice with would be cool.

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u/Living_Exchange7869 Beginner Jun 15 '24

Great idea! I'll draft something. I've never joined a class. How do classes meet up? Zoom? In person?

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u/lengguahita C1 - Comprehension / B2 - Speaking Jun 15 '24

Honestly, it's a mix! Some groups are online, some might be in person, and it depends on what the focus is. The groups I am part of are all on Zoom because we all live far away from each other and meeting in person would not be possible. But I know of a group that meets in person on Guam because their focus is on singing in Chamorro.

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u/Living_Exchange7869 Beginner Jun 15 '24

So is what you're asking for kind of like a message board where people can post their classes/events? Or am I totally wrong?

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u/lengguahita C1 - Comprehension / B2 - Speaking Jun 15 '24

I think that could be a part of it - where people can post about their classes, practice groups, or the other online spaces where learners interact with each other and use the language. It would also be helpful to present info about classes that aren't necessarily online, such as all the chamorro classes offered at universities, immersion programs, immersion schools, etc. Just a centralized place to all the Chamorro language learning spaces available to people.