On 30.11.2014 20:06, Kasper Souren wrote:
On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexford@gmail.com wrote:
The challenge I faced was the fact that, contributors to the language were just a couple, plus people don't read it that much so spending time writing wouldn't get that patronage of reading except for the fact that its a way to document our Akan language.
Interesting. I just found out that Akan has 11 million native speakers according to Wikipedia. So if the Akan Wikipedia becomes a success there is a much higher chance that your work will be read by people from your own country, right? Of course this is a chicken/egg problem. You need a limited number of articles to attract readers and e.g. get the press interested in the project.
There is a strange discrepancy. Akan has 11 million of speakers.
To be a success, the work should have readers.
Being speakers doesn't mean being readers ane lesser being writers.
It's important.
regards