@inproceedings{khan-etal-2024-chamuca,
    title = "{CHAMU{\c{C}}A}: Towards a Linked Data Language Resource of {P}ortuguese Borrowings in {A}sian Languages",
    author = "Khan, Fahad  and
      Salgado, Ana  and
      Anuradha, Isuri  and
      Costa, Rute  and
      Liyanage, Chamila  and
      McCrae, John P.  and
      Ojha, Atul Kr.  and
      Rani, Priya  and
      Frontini, Francesca",
    editor = "Chiarcos, Christian  and
      Gkirtzou, Katerina  and
      Ionov, Maxim  and
      Khan, Fahad  and
      McCrae, John P.  and
      Ponsoda, Elena Montiel  and
      Chozas, Patricia Mart{\'\i}n",
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Linked Data in Linguistics @ LREC-COLING 2024",
    month = may,
    year = "2024",
    address = "Torino, Italia",
    publisher = "ELRA and ICCL",
    url = "https://aclanthology.org/2024.ldl-1.6",
    pages = "44--48",
    abstract = "This paper presents the development of CHAMU{\c{C}}A, a novel lexical resource designed to document the influence of the Portuguese language on various Asian languages, with an initial focus on the languages of South Asia. Through the utilization of linked open data and the OntoLex vocabulary, CHAMU{\c{C}}A offers structured insights into the linguistic characteristics, and cultural ramifications of Portuguese borrowings across multiple languages. The article outlines CHAMU{\c{C}}A{'}s potential contributions to the linguistic linked data community, emphasising its role in addressing the scarcity of resources for lesser-resourced languages and serving as a test case for organising etymological data in a queryable format. CHAMU{\c{C}}A emerges as an initiative towards the comprehensive catalogization and analysis of Portuguese borrowings, offering valuable insights into language contact dynamics, historical evolution, and cultural exchange in Asia, one that is based on linked data technology.",
}

This paper presents the development of CHAMU{\c{C}}A, a novel lexical resource designed to document the influence of the Portuguese language on various Asian languages, with an initial focus on the languages of South Asia. Through the utilization of linked open data and the OntoLex vocabulary, CHAMU{\c{C}}A offers structured insights into the linguistic characteristics, and cultural ramifications of Portuguese borrowings across multiple languages. The article outlines CHAMU{\c{C}}A{'}s potential contributions to the linguistic linked data community, emphasising its role in addressing the scarcity of resources for lesser-resourced languages and serving as a test case for organising etymological data in a queryable format. CHAMU{\c{C}}A emerges as an initiative towards the comprehensive catalogization and analysis of Portuguese borrowings, offering valuable insights into language contact dynamics, historical evolution, and cultural exchange in Asia, one that is based on linked data technology.
Khan, Fahad Salgado, Ana Anuradha, Isuri Costa, Rute Liyanage, Chamila McCrae, John P. Ojha, Atul Kr. Rani, Priya Frontini, Francesca
CHAMUÇA: Towards a Linked Data Language Resource of Portuguese Borrowings in Asian Languages