Indigenous languages and instant messaging

[phil cash cash]

Jordan,
I regulary write emails in Nez Perce both to individuals and to my  
listserv. 
The only drawback is how to use the ascii character set to represent NP.  I
assume it would present the same problem in IM even when there is an even more
restricted character set.  Nice idea...I will have to find somebody to text
with and give it a try. 
Phil Cash Cash
UofA
Quoting Jordan Lachler :

> Here's an interesting article on the use of English in instant messaging...
>
> http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/01/22/im-language.html
>
> It made me curious about other folks' experiences with instant messaging and
> other versions of online text-chatting in indigenous languages.  I know
> several of our younger Haida students text one another regularly in Haida,
> or at least a mix of Haida and English.
>
> --
> Jordan


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