[Tibeto-burman-linguistics] more minority language mobile phone keyboards

[Nathan Hill]

Dear Randy,

This is an issue. People in China only have the option to use a VPN. It
would be nice if Huawei carried SwiftKey, but due to Trump policy (that I
don't think has been reversed), if Microsoft worked with Huawei they could
not sell in the US. The app does have many users in China, and they can
delete the VPN as soon as they have used it.

sorry to not have a better solution,
Nathan


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On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 9:08 AM Randy LaPolla <randy.lapolla at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Nathan,
> Thanks, that is great news, but for people in China, where Google Play is
> blocked, is there another way they can download the app? A colleague who
> works with Wa communities would like to have that app in particular, but I
> can imagine the Zhuang would also like to access the Zhuang version.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Happy Niu Year,
> Randy
>
> Sent from my phone
>
> On 13 Feb 2021, at 7:18 PM, Nathan Hill <nh36 at soas.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> 
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am happy to announce that working with relevant community members for
> each language, Julien Bayley and I have now added Thadou, two orthographies
> of Wa, and standard Zhuang to the Microsoft Swiftkey mobile phone keyboard
> app. They appear in the app as follows.
>
> Kuki (Thadou)
> Vahcuengh
> Wa (China) \ Loux Vāx (Joung Gox)
> Wa (Myanmar) \ Loux Vax (Meung Man)
>
> SwiftKey can be downloaded at Google Play or Apple's App Store. Please
> help us to spread this news among Wa, Zhuang, and Thadou speakers.
>
> With help from many of you we had previously added Paite, Hruso, Hani,
> Galo, and Anong. We are eager to add more Asian minority languages. If you
> work with a language community that does not have a mobile phone predictive
> keyboard, please get in touch.
>
> very best,
> Nathan
>
>
>
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> Research Coordinator, East Asian Languages and Cultures
> SOAS, University of London
> Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG, UK
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4512
> Room 456
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