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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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_communities_across_India >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Translators-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l > > _______________________________________________ > Translators-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l _______________________________________________ Translators-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l
