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by mchaver 12y ago
Actually, Mandarin is the only one with a standardized written form. Hong Kong people (Cantonese speakers) write formally in Mandarin and pronounce the characters with Cantonese, but they way Cantonese is spoken has different grammar and le
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I believe you are correct about the 30 (not 100% sure on the number) Mayan languages being ancestor of Proto-Maya. Classical Maya belongs to the Ch'ol branch and is mostly likely a written form of the parent language of Ch'olti&#x
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I think it's a great lesson for any creator. Just because you have invented something does not necessarily mean you have the right or are capable of dictating how people use it. I seem to remember Umberto Eco mentioning that he does no
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Regardless of the point, the truth is Esperanto's lexicon is mostly inspired by Romance languages whereas Slovio's lexicon is mostly inspired by Slavic languages. It's not that shocking of a comparison.
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It sounds like an experiment worth testing out and could lead to some interesting results. On the other hand, I am imagine most conlangers enjoy devising the details of their language.
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Toki Pona is a minimalist language with a bit of a following. It has 120 root words and tries to build all concepts based on those. Loglan is a predecessor and inspiration to Lojban. Slovio is the Slavic version of Esperanto. Dothraki, Elvi
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https://translate.google.com/ is a great source for virtual keyboards if you want to practice typing. Select the source language and click the keyboard in the lower left.
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I haven't noticed that about Chinese. Pinyin and Bopomofo are useful input methods but I hardly ever see material actually written in pinyin other than children's books. My kids have never really complained about having to learn c
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Ok, I went back over and I did misread that part of the article. The problem is not as complicated as I thought, but that vertical stacking is definitely a challenging problem to handle.
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The author of the article mentions that Naskh does not contain all the letters that Nastaliq has, so if someone types an Urdu text in Naskh it would not have the same underlying Unicode if they had typed it in Nastaliq. Correct me if this i
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For web development, perhaps you could create a simple system that detects if the user's device supports nastaliq. If not convert, it to naskh or Romanized Urdu (not sure which is preferred). As for dealing with all the data already wr
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That is a good point. The other way to look at it is a way to go back to Poland, especially if you do not intend to stay in Warsaw where I assume more of the job opportunities are.
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Certainly a foreigner who is wild enough to have learned Polish and is a developer is probably a good candidate. I would be interested if it included language lessons, but that is a bit much to ask.
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There are a large number of Polish outside of Poland living in the EU. I think they will be able to find someone.
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Line is quite popular in Spain. It has 15 million users out of a population of ~45 million. Line is also quite popular in Taiwan and Southeast Asia along with WeChat collecting a lot of users outside of China in South Asia, Southeast Asia a
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The sun never sets on the French Republic.
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Written Arabic can be considered one language. Spoken varieties are not mutually intelligible and do not generally have standardized written forms, though many Arabic speakers can understand Egyptian Arabic do to popularity of their media.
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It might not set on France either, but I am not sure. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Outre-mer...
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It makes it easier for the practitioners to discuss their art. Jargon is useful if all parties understand the concepts and the forms (words assigned to the concept) used to represent them. Otherwise you have to expand the jargon into large
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Because they might not have access to offline Sanskrit resources.
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Seeing as he wrote the first version, was involved in the updates, and spends a lot of time promoting GPL, I would assume his views have a large influence in how it is used and perceived. GPL mentions software quite a few times and the prea
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Assuming that the GPL is fully representative of Stallman's views, they would not be be required to release 3d models, scenes, or the screenplay. Those parts would not be considered software. However, I am not sure about the source cod
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One guess is that you can directly see the blackness of space from the moon (pictures of moon landing) so it doesn't have an encapsulated feel like the earth's atmosphere so one less layer of separation. It feels like (visual perc
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"I think punishment by putting someone in a 3-by-6 cell is a lot greater than if you snuff out their life in a few seconds with a lethal injection." It seems he wants him to suffer longer.
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Very interesting stuff. Thank you for sharing. What readings would you suggest for someone who doesn't have a strong understanding of banking/financial systems?
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Speed video conferencing One minute video conferences will reduce time waste and let you focus on your work!
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It is not a problem I have, but from looking at the responses on HN it seems there is interest. If there is a viable solution and market demand, why not?
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The only place I have found it in Taiwan was at some Vietnamese restaurants run by American Born Chinese. I have seem some imitation ones in the supermarket.
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Another issue I have heard about is the difference in local and expat salary (only hearsay, I don't have any data). Add that on top of mandatory military service for men and it could leave someone pretty unsatisfied.
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The bigger issue I think is limited font choices.

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