Multilingualism/ang

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Meta: sceolde béon manigsprǽclic, ac in Mǽdmónþe 2004 wæs 85% on Níwum Englisce (níwor: in þǽm Æfterran Géolan 2005, incumung níwra Þéodiscra trameta, Iapaniscra, and Frenciscra wendunga, and wendera-weorc bétte þis tó gewéne 75%). Gif Wikimedia is tó maintain a coherent image and policy-set ofer þǽre worulde, and to benefit from the input his manigra hádesmanna (Is géo se staðol þæt þæt héafodgerím þára WM brúcenda ne sprecaþ/rǽdaþ inlende Englisce!), needs to ramp up its multilingual efforts.

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Manigsprǽclicu áscung

Þéah sum tramet fundaþ tó béonne ánsprǽclicu, cunnon wé gegearwian sprecerum óðerra sprǽca éac.

Sídanbéam

Þu canst íecan sídanbéam trametscortnesse, þe áscrífaþ þá trametes gerǽdnesse, swá mid þissum tramete. Bidde áwend þone traht in þǽm sídanbéame in þá sprǽca þe þu wást, and íec bendas under in trametas on manigsprǽclicnessum on þǽm WPs in þǽm þe þu gelómlǽcst. Bield geféran þe ne wrítaþ on Englisce tó forðienne hira geþancas/gehygdu ofer þissum tramete and his Mótunge: tramete in hira ágenre sprǽce.

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Wenderas

Gif þu eart welgeþungen mid má þonne ánre sprǽce, íec þec tó þǽre getale wendera (and séo éac Is éac Englisc Wicipǽdia gearu). Þu carie ymbe þá mótunge þæs wendungforþganges.

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• "There's an interview with Alan Cox where he talks about learning Welsh where he has a great quote about how if a language isn't on computers in fifty years, it won't exist" (Alan Cox was/is a sporadic WP contributor) – David Gerard
• The Rosetta Project “is now the largest collection of linguistic data on the Net” according to LongNow Projects

Articles, resources, etc. on indigenous langs

1. Languagegeek site dedicated to the promotion of indigenous languages

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