Hoi,
For the record I am all in favour of more Wikipedias of a flavour of Arabic.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 28 April 2015 at 10:53, Oliver Stegen <[email protected]> wrote:
> The "booklet" runs in the same vein as the website
> https://sites.google.com/site/stundardtunsi/ which we looked at last year
> (it bears the same logo "STUNdard"). I herewith repeat the review of an
> independent Tunisian Arabic scholar which I elicited last year:
>
> "[...] it looks, despite the claims made on the website ("this project is
> not against any language"), to be an almost anti-Arabic project, out of
> tune with the wider population in choice of script, and even then showing
> both inconsistencies in writing, and writing allophones according to how
> the sound would be written in French. Even the style of Latin script is not
> how Tunisians write when doing so in Latin script - there seems to be a nod
> to Maltese, and I, even with an awareness of how Maltese works, had
> difficulty in reading it in places. Also they seem to prefer technical
> terms from French than (even commonly used) ones from Standard Arabic.
> Chances of any of this being adopted... low. But thanks for the link!"
>
> Consequently, I'm with Amir in rejecting Latin script for Tunisian Arabic.
>
> Fwiw,
> Oliver
>
> On 27-Apr-15 7:48 PM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote:
>
> It was four years ago and a lot has changed since then.
>
> Again, the question of writing system is the first one that we need to
> tackle.
> בתאריך 27 באפר׳ 2015 19:19, "Gerard Meijssen" <[email protected]>
> כתב:
>
>> Hoi,
>> At the time we asked for approval for eligibility. It was denied.
>> Thanks,
>> GerardM
>>
>> On 27 April 2015 at 18:04, Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Nobody spoke about the Board yet.
>>>
>>> First there's the question of writing system, on which the Langcom has
>>> to agree.
>>>
>>> I cannot support Latin until I see convincing sources that it's useful
>>> to the speakers of this language.
>>> בתאריך 27 באפר׳ 2015 18:48, "Gerard Meijssen" <
>>> [email protected]> כתב:
>>>
>>> Hoi,
>>>> In the past we accepted Egyptian Arabic. After that we were told that
>>>> Arabic will not be accepted.. So yes, we can read this article but as long
>>>> as the board does not accept all the projects WE approve...
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> GerardM
>>>>
>>>> On 27 April 2015 at 16:37, Mjbmr <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, Tunisian language which is called Tunisian Arabic has been always
>>>>> under discussions on which writing system should use, I would like
>>>>> language committee have a review on following this booklet
>>>>> <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pKoVKMCvE54L4j9eEo0wc0w9gap8dwInGWmRiaqUt6M>
>>>>> .
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