hello jose I used do some mentoring at localization reams for mayan, quechua, and other indigineous languages. wish you good luck and assistance if you need any.
On 1/11/14, Jose R R <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, Louis! > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts <[email protected]> > wrote: >> José, >> >> On 10-Jan-2014, at 06:20, Jose R R <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Niltze! >>> >>> I interested in adding Nahuatl, Mexico people's own and original >>> language, >>> to Apache OpenOffice. Is there anybody already working on it -- or I >>> will be seeding this effort? >>> >>> Tlazohcamati [Thanks]. >>> >>> >>> Best Professional Regards. >> >> This is great! As you may know, we've had here a brief discussion on >> indigenous languages and AOO and the lack thereof. There have been, in >> OO's long history, sporadic interest in the effort, but as far as I know, >> despite the numbers and the relative ease of the tasks, there has not been >> a sustained effort. >> >> It's even odder, given that governments (state) generally support efforts >> of this sort. > > With few exceptions (Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia, for instance), > the Iberian-descended (i.e., criollo or creole) oligarchies > controlling governments in 'Latin' America are experts at simulation. > > Thus, since 1696 when king Charles of Spain banned Nahuatl in the New > Spain colony, serious efforts have not been made to preserve and > extend the original language. > > This tendency has been true, essentially, after the New Spain criollo > (creole) colony 'gained independence' from Spain in 1810 and > subsequently renamed all of its territory as 'Mexico'. That name > carries a weighty symbolism -- possibly unanticipated by those > criollos (creoles) who made the decision -- an aspect of it is an > implicit admission that Nahuatl should be the official language. ;-) > >> And it's not just about Nahuatl. One could also include México's other >> great indigenous languages, > as well as those of the Isthmus and South >> America. (I'd previously mentioned, for instance, > > > > Quechua, but >> that was partly as an example and also because I knew that there was some >> interest > in the effort there. I've not followed up on it.) >> >> >>> >>> -- >>> Jose R R >>> http://www.metztli-it.com >> >> best >> Louis > > Best Professional Regards. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://www.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
