tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848882470329418857.post8125571649609864126..comments2023-12-16T06:36:33.190-08:00Comments on Indigenous Tweets: "Murdered on its native territory": Jordan Kutzik on YiddishKevin Scannellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11102683404376963361noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848882470329418857.post-53755246564383667522011-11-29T05:06:10.340-08:002011-11-29T05:06:10.340-08:00A gutn tog, Jordan :) Thanks for that post, that w...A gutn tog, Jordan :) Thanks for that post, that was a very interesting insight into a language community where the majority of the remaining active speakers are not supposed to use technology the way many of us do, which poses unusual challenges in itself.<br /><br />But on the other hand it also touches upon the interesting point that to ensure vigorous language use, not every community necessarily has to fight the same battle. It seems that if your community is cohesive enough in the analogue world, that can similarly work in favour of the language. As long as you stay within that sphere.<br /><br />Very disappointed to hear of the encoding problems, yet again developers rushing off without considering the rest of the planet. I very recently came across a similar issue with the Nama/Darama language of Namibia which has clicks, written as !, ǂ, ǀ and ǁ. Except that due to typography issues, they usually use !, #, / and //. And we all know what Twitter does with #...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com