Taino Language App

Taino Language App is a language-learning app that helps Taino descendants and culture enthusiasts learn the Taino language and culture.

Background

The Taíno, the Indigenous people of the Caribbean and parts of the southern U.S. were the first Native Americans to meet Europeans in 1492. Though long thought extinct after colonization, they survived - many Caribbean people today have Taíno ancestry, and efforts are ongoing to preserve their culture and language.

This project aims to aid in the revitalization of the Taíno culture by giving its descendants, as well as language and culture enthusiasts, by providing an easy learning experience for all ages and education levels.

This mono repository contains two projects for the Taino Language App Project

• learn-taino-pwa: The progressive web app for Learn Taino built with Expo, React Native, Nest.js
• lesson-authoring-tool: Uses Payload CMS. This web app allows content creators, lesson authors, and admin users to create and edit lessons and vocabulary.

Stack

Learn Taino PWA:

• Frontend:
  • React Native
  • Expo
  • Auth0
  • TypeScript
• Backend:
  • TypeScript
  • Nest.js
  • PostgreSQL(Avien.io)
  • Prisma ORM
  • Cloudinary

Lesson Authoring Tool:

• Payload CMS
• React.js
• TypeScript
• PostgreSQL(Avien.io)

Requirements

• Node.js v20+
• PNPM v9+

Run Locally

First, clone this repository to your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/itskarelleh/taino-language-app.git

Learn Taino PWA

To run the frontend of the Learn Taino App, open a terminal and run the following commands:

cd learn-taino-pwa
cp .env.example .env # add the correct values in the newly created .env file
npm install && npx expo start -c

To run the Nest.js server of the Learn Taino PWA, open another terminal and run the following commands:

cd learn-taino-pwa/server
cp .env.example .env # add the correct values in the newly created .env file
npx prisma db pull # Runs introspection for Prisma ORM
npx prisma generate #Generates the Prisma ORM client 
pnpm install && pnpm run start:dev

Lesson Authoring Tool

For the lesson-authoring tool, do the following:

cd lesson-authoring
cp .env.exampe .env # add the correct values in newly created .env
pnpm install && pnpm run dev #install and gnerate 

For more details on how to run, deploy, and navigate this project, read the wiki: Learn Taino GitHub Wiki

For additional details about this whole project, feel free to browse our Notion page: TLA Phase 3 - Dev Notion Page

Credits

Phase 1

• Okino Kamali Leiba
• Paulina Kottlewska Aaron Brinckerhoff
• Aaron Brinckerhoff Harrison Hughes
• Harrison Hughes

Phase 3

• Karelle Hofler
• Divine Ebisike
• Neisha Rose
• Jasmine Taylor
• Ha Do
• Linh Nyugen
• Angela Lee