[Foundation-l] The problem with native languages vs. the lingua franca

[Ray Saintonge]

David Gerard wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/world/asia/10iht-malay.html
>
> The Malaysian government has declared that science instruction will be
> conducted in Bahasa rather than English. Parents, teachers and
> professors are very unhappy because "English is the language of
> science."
>
> This sort of thing affects the quality of our projects in languages
> other than English.
>
>   
Likely in a positive way because of a need for more and expanded Bahasa 
language science articles.

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