<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Colleagues, <br></div><div><br></div><div>In preparing a talk next week I have checked the statistics about Tibeto-Burman atucompletion keyboards. I thought this update might interest some of you. I believe 'users' is the number of people who have downloaded the software and 'vocabulary' is the number of separate words in the current model. <br></div><div><br></div><div>
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<td style="width:69pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" width="69">Vocabulary</td>
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<td class="gmail-xl63" style="height:12pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" height="12">Mizo</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">5311</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">4995</td>
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<td class="gmail-xl63" style="height:12pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" height="12">Tibetan</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">2856</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">24833</td>
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<td class="gmail-xl63" style="height:12pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" height="12">Hmong (China)</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">351</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">9552</td>
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<td class="gmail-xl63" style="height:12pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" height="12">Manipuri</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">345</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">25522</td>
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<td class="gmail-xl63" style="height:12pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" height="12">Paite</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">293</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">4532</td>
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<td class="gmail-xl63" style="height:12pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" height="12">Nuosu</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">274</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">5212</td>
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<td class="gmail-xl63" style="height:12pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" height="12">Hrusso</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">216</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">10462</td>
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<td class="gmail-xl63" style="height:12pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" height="12">Atong</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">157</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">7744</td>
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<td class="gmail-xl63" style="height:12pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" height="12">Hani</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">142</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">784</td>
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<td class="gmail-xl63" style="height:12pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" height="12">S'gaw Karen</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">63</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">1292</td>
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<td class="gmail-xl63" style="height:12pt;font-weight:700;font-family:Arial;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" height="12">Galo (India)</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">13</td>
<td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:windowtext;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:medium none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">4018</td>
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</div><div><br></div><div>Let me sincerely thank those of you who have helped me to develop some of these models. I would request that anyone who is able promote the availability of this software to the relevant communities, and to help me in the creation of further models. <br></div><div><br></div><div>very best, <br></div><div>Nathan<br></div><br></div>