Hi Marc, On 02-Jan-2014, at 23:19, Marc O'Brien <taho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> NapaykullaykiI (hello in Quechua), > > I was down in Peru last year and was amazed with the number of people > speaking Quechua around the country. It is still an active language and > supporting that gets an A+ from me > > Happy New Year! > > Marc > Happy new year, too! I'll send a note to my contacts in Peru and environs. This area—native languages in So. America (if not also No. and Meso-)—could also be a plausible topic to be presented at this year's fish or other more focused events in Brazil, for instance. Louis > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 7:04 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> According to Wikipedia—and in this case I choose not to disbelieve >> it—about 8-10M people speak (and implicitly use) Quechua, the ancient >> language of South America. >> >> Like other Native American languages, software support (inter alia) is >> lacking. However, the regions where Quechua prevails is also where national >> bodies have expressed interest in open source and even OpenOffice: Peru, >> Bolivia, Ecuador, to name but three. >> >> Do we have a current localization effort for Quechua (or for that matter, >> for other Native American languages? I once tried getting this going; but >> that was too early in the game.) I don't know if there is an interest here, >> on this list, for a Quechua localization. I do have contacts in those >> regions and they may be able to shed some light on whatever resources could >> be brought to bear, if there is interest. Certainly, I believe there >> *ought* to be interest, as having a productivity tool like AOO would make, >> as a start, the use of ICT easier. >> >> >> -louis >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: l10n-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: l10n-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: l10n-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: l10n-h...@openoffice.apache.org
