One problem is, will it use Tetum or Tetun? Tetum is a creole language
based on Tetun and is the national and official language of East
Timor. Tetun is a regional language of Timor.
Tetum is basically a grammatically simplified form of Tetun with some
words from other Timorese languages.
Mark
On 13/01/06, Manuel de Sousa <manuel.sousa(a)tvtel.pt> wrote:
Giuseppe,
As far as I know, a Tetum Wikipedia was proposed last November and it got
half a dozen people supporting the idea. However, there were no native
speakers of the language supporting this project.
See:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Native_speaker_sup
port#Tetum_.287_support.29
For those who don't know, Tetum is one of the official languages of
Timor-Leste (or East Timor), the youngest independent nation in the world
(the other official language is Portuguese).
Seeking for supporters, I recently sent mails to several people related to
East Timor, and posted a few messages on some blogs and discussion groups. I
immediately got several positive answers from native speakers of Tetum, as
well as people with excellent command of the language (namely non-native
speakers teachers of Tetum).
However, most of these people are not yet registered in the meta-wiki. I'm
now seeing that they do register and express their support to this project
as native speakers.
So, I'm absolutely convinced this Wikipedia in Tetum is viable, and that it
can be an exceptional tool for East-Timorese to promote their national
language internally and abroad.
So, as I guess there is a consensus to create a wiki in Tetum, I'm also
interested in knowing what must be done in order to have this setup. Must I
ask a developer? How can I do this?
Thanks & regards,
Manuel de Sousa
Porto, Portugal
-----Mensagem original-----
De: wikipedia-l-bounces(a)Wikimedia.org [mailto:wikipedia-l-
bounces(a)Wikimedia.org] Em nome de Giuseppe DAngelo
Enviada: sexta-feira, 13 de Janeiro de 2006 10:11
Para: wikipedia-l(a)Wikimedia.org
Assunto: [Wikipedia-l] Re: Wikipedia in Tetum
Could someone please confirm whether a Wikipedia in Tetum has recenlty
been set up, or whether it is about to be set up? Thanks!
pippu d'angelo
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