Thanks Verdy, I'm aware of the language diversity of the Indian
communities. I had to prioritize my request. Adding all 20+ languages
to the title seemed excessive. :)
I did not restrict translations and as always translations to more
languages than what are listed are welcome.
Yours,
Chris Koerner (he/him)
Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 4:58 PM Philippe Verdy <verdy_p(a)wanadoo.fr> wrote:
Please note that there are more than 8 communities in India.
Already there are 2 major languages at federal level. Hindi is official, but English may
be used as an alternate option for communications of Indian states with the federal
institutions, and this option was requested and used notably by Indian states or
territories whose official regional language is not an Indo-Aryan language (like Hindi or
Urdu), notably those using Dravidian languages (in the South of India), or Tibeto-Burmese
and Sinitic languages (to the North-East).
And for some states there are a few other Italic or Anglo-Saxon languages kept culturally
by their natives (such as French, Portuguese, and Dutch), or some creole languages based
on these European languages, most of them being endangered in India and still understood
by a small community or those that deal with international affairs and by immigrants or
their immediate descendants and relatives that speak those languages at home).
There are already (at least) 26 other languages recognized by one or more states (either
for the full state or for some of their local communities) and which are now planned in
languages to preserve the very diverse Indian culture.
So this leaves at least 20 important languages that are ignored by your message to the
Indian communities.
Note that India actually has hundreds languages (much more than the 28 currently
recognized nationally or regionally).
Le mar. 16 juil. 2019 à 23:04, Chris Koerner <ckoerner(a)wikimedia.org> a écrit :
Hello,
The Community Engagement department is asking for your help in getting
an announcement translated to the following languages: Bengali,
Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil and
Telugu. We plan to post complete translations to the Village Pumps of
the languages of India.
Announcement text:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CKoerner_(WMF)/Support_for_our_communi…
I appreciate your prompt support as we need to deliver this message as
soon as we can.
Yours,
Chris Koerner (he/him)
Community Relations Specialist
Wikimedia Foundation
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