It's not so much a matter of WebFonts, as of script conversion. MediaWiki already supports this for for several languages, most notably Chinese and Serbian.
We at the WMF L10n team can probably add support for Konkani, too, but we'll need a specification of requirements from an expert on that language. -- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore 2012/2/24 praveenp <me.prav...@gmail.com>: > Probable offtopic: i read once that konkani use atleast 3 scripts > (devanagiri, kannada, malayalam). If webfonts can switch appropriate > font according to a user, while keeping one encoding as base > (devanagiri?) , may help new generation people, who are now part of > other states, and living under dominance of other languages can > approach the wiki more confidently. > > On 24/02/2012, CherianTinu Abraham <tinucher...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Damodar, >> >> Like Shiju has earlier replied to you , >> >> There is already a Wikipedia project (in the incubator stage ) for Goanese >> Konkani. >> It is available here http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/gom >> >> You can start contributing to it, Inspire others too and gradually make it >> a standalone language Wikipedia. >> >> If you are interested, I can probably connect you to Gurudath Baliga, Asst >> Director of Konkani Vishwa Kendra, who is passionate about the same. >> >> Regards >> Tinu Cherian >> >> P.S. For other Wikipedia Projects in Incubation, You can find them here >> http://wiki.wikimedia.in/List_of_Indian_language_wiki_projects#Projects_under_incubation >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:58 PM, damodar vinayak bale <dvb...@rediffmail.com >>> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for this informative Mail. "INDIA i.e. BHARAT" has more than >>> 1600 local languages. >>> >>> GOA is a State with all its communities speaking in one language >>> "KONKANI" without even >>> >>> having a Primary School in its own Mother-tongue,as it was ruled by >>> foreign rulers for >>> >>> more than four centuries. >>> >>> Can 'WIKIMEDIA' organization be of any help? >>> >>> With best regards, >>> >>> Damodar V. Bale, >>> >>> Margao-GOA. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:18:45 +0530 wrote >>> >>> > Cross posting across India related lists. Kindly ignore if you have >>> >>> >>> >>> read this on another mailing list. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------- Original Message -------- >>> >>> >>> >>> Subject: [WMIN-Members] Wikimedia India Chapter :Jan 2012 Report >>> >>> >> > > > -- > With love > Praveen > <http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Praveenp>:talk<http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Praveenp> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
