a thought on microsoft...

[Paul_Lewis at SIL.ORG]

Readers of this list and participants in this discussion thread might be
interested in the progress so far of UNESCO's Initiative B at BEL.

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=16601&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Paul Lewis
Editor, Ethnologue
SIL International
7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd.
Dallas, TX 75236




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I wonder if endangered language communities with small populations
warrant the kinds of software localization like Quechua and Swahili.
It would seem, in any given situation, one would need a strong
developing literacy and stable orthography to support this kind of
development, not to mention some long term heritage language benefits.

Just curious, and thanks for all your messages as I am learning a lot
from your discussions,

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