I think that, as long as you are careful to say "even available in
minority languages" rather than "there are also versions in the other
major languages of China" (which they really are - all of the
languages I mentioned have over 1m speakers in China), and as long as
you don't mention Tibetan by itself.
On a side note, I forgot to include Mongolian.
Mark
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 13:00:14 -0500, Delirium <delirium(a)hackish.org> wrote:
Mark Williamson wrote:
Some people may not think it is notable, but to
give a local example
drives home that Wikipedia is very diverse. If you are presenting in
China, please don't forget to mention that we have places for people
to build Wikipedias in Yi, Zhuang, Tibetan, Uyghur, and many other
languages.
I don't disagree with this, but it's probably worth noting that
languages are intimately connected to culture, nationalism, and
politics, so when to mention what can sometimes be a sensitive issue.
In China, in particular, promoting of regional languages is often
connected to promoting regional political independence (i.e. secession
from China, or at least increased autonomy), so needs to be done
somewhat carefully so we don't become seen as a meddling US-based
political organization that's trying to break apart China or something
like that.
-Mark
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