On the Cree-
I can put this question out in the next newsletter of the *Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas*. One might contact: Arok Wolvengrey at the First Nations University of Canada.
Once a language has reached a point at which local speakers cannot agree on the meaning of its writing system, or the language never acquired an accepted and integrated writing system, challenges abound for getting a growing encyclopedia going in the language.
Linguists do a great job of understanding indigenous languages: use, disuse, structure, and endangerment, but we need to try to bridge the gap between linguists' knowledge and tech-savvy, open-source communities.
Karen
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 3:09 PM, languages-request@lists.wikimedia.orgwrote:
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Message: 1 Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:47:47 +0100 From: Richard Symonds richard.symonds@wikimedia.org.uk To: languages@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Languages] [WPCY] Report of a visit to the National Eisteddfod at Llantwit Major Message-ID: <CACHSVDwLGHrNHkQfL1acyt4oY8LP2YOS-P1HehxtBLYd1= BHsg@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
All,
The UK has a few smaller languages - Welsh, Scots, Gaelic and others. We've not done much outreach with these before, but recently Robin Owain and others of the Welsh Wikipedia - Wicipedia Cymraeg ( http://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafan) - has run some events with funding from WMUK. A breakdown of the largest event at the National Eisteddfod is at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Visit_report_-_National_Eisteddfod_8_Aug_2012 .
Hope this is interesting for you all!
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