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Making sense out of "too many" resources
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nway
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17 November 2011 at 3:35am | IP Logged

PaulLambeth wrote:

Funnily you say that about tiny languages having so few materials compared to huge ones - I have found myself prioritising more with Icelandic resources than with Hindi.

Not sure if you're referring to me (I searched and couldn't find "tiny" used anywhere else here), but I intentionally used the word "obscure", because I'm aware that even the "tiniest" of European languages tend to occupy a disproportionate chunk of the language materials market (at least in English).
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17 November 2011 at 5:46am | IP Logged

nway wrote:

PaulLambeth wrote:

Funnily you say that about tiny languages having so few materials compared to huge ones - I have found myself prioritising more with Icelandic resources than with Hindi.

I was referring to you - I took "obscure" to mean "tiny". I see that you meant "obscure" as in "obscure to those in Europe", so my mistake. I guess what I find strange is that Hindustani isn't in that bracket of non-obscure non-European languages like Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Korean and maybe a couple of others are, considering that it's estimated as the world's 3rd most spoken language, based in ex-British colonies.

Anyway, this is a tad off-topic, and the topic is an interesting one. I just felt like making that remark, but I made it based on a slight misunderstanding from what you said.
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17 November 2011 at 6:10am | IP Logged

No problem. I won't tell if you won't tell.

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