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Endangered language update at Localization World

By David Ashton Months ago I relayed a conversation I had with a client on commercial support for rare languages – in that case it was Dhivehi, spoken by around 200,000 inhabitants of the Maldives. I also mentioned the work of K. David Harrison on the subject of endangered languages. You can find that entry [...]

What lies between commercial and endangered languages

I was at a client’s office a few weeks ago and we had a lively discussion on the problems they were having supporting a requirement for translation to Dhivehi. Dhivehi, also known as Maldivian and Mahl, is spoken by around 350,000 people in the Maldives and Minicoy. This particular client had been challenged for a [...]