On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 5:13 PM, Nkansah Rexford
<nkansahrexford(a)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
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