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

[Nathan & Carey Statezni]

Hi Randy (from a different Nathan),
Many people use sites like this:
https://m.apkpure.com/microsoft-swiftkey-keyboard/com.touchtype.swiftkey to
download apps when they can't get them through the Play Store.

Nathan

On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 9:01 PM Nathan Hill <nh36 at soas.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dr Nathan W. Hill
>> Reader in Tibetan and Historical Linguistics
>> 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
>> --
>> Profile -- http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff46254.php
>> Tibetan Studies at SOAS -- http://www.soas.ac.uk/cia/tibetanstudies/
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