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1 | I Type, Therefore I Am: Texting in Local Languages | Mitendry Aho, Avy Eo Manoratra Amin'ny Tenim-paritra |
2 | Few days ago I was chatting with a good friend of mine on the BlackBerry Messenger platform. | Andro vitsy lasa izay, nikarajia [“chat”] niaraka tamin'ny namako akaiky tamin'ny alalan'ny BlackBerry Messenger aho. |
3 | We were gisting, like it is commonly said and we were doing so in Nigerian Pidgin. | Niresaka be sy haingana izahay, araka ny filaza mahazatra ary nataonay tamin'ny teny Pidgin Nizeriana izany. |
4 | I am not Nigerian but living with a large community of Nigerians, one learnx it. | Tsy Nizeriana ny tenako saingy miara-monina aminà fiarahamonina lehibe Nizeriana. |
5 | And as we were conversing, I became frustrated by the fact that my phone's autocorrect setting kept ‘correcting' the interjection ‘na' to ‘N'a' or would ‘complete the expression ‘sha' to shame. | Nandritra ny resadresaka nataonay, nanjary diso fanantenana aho noho ny fikirakirana manao fanitsiana mandeha ho azy amin'ny findaiko izay manitsy ny «na» ho «N'a» na mameno ny fiteny « sha » ho “shame” na “henatra”. |
6 | So impulsively, I rushed through my language and input settings and as I was asked to select a language, I burst into laughter because I realized I was on a very wild goose chase; pidgin isn't available as a ‘language' in most, if not all modern electronic platforms. | Ka noho izany, niditra tao amin'ny fiteniko sy ny fikirakirana fampidira-teny aho ary nasaina nifidy teny izay ho ampiasaina avy eo, tora-kehy aho satria hitako fa tao anaty lalana diso mahasosotra, tsy nahitana teny “pidgin” ny tao anatin'ny lisitry ny teny azo ampiasaina, raha tsy hoe amin'ny fitaovana elektronika maoderina. |
7 | Screenshot of “Yoruba Keyboard”, a keyboard replacement application for typing in Yorùbá language available on the Windows Phone OS platform. | Pikantsary “Kitendry Yoruba”, kitendry solon'ny fampihatra mba hitendrena ny teny Youruba hita ao amin'ny Windows Phone OS. Sary avy amin'i Nuges Apps. mampihatra ny CC BY 2.0. |
8 | Photo by Nuges Apps under CC BY 2.0. | Avy eo nieritreritra momba izany aho ary nanontany ny antony? |
9 | Then I got to think about it and I asked why? | Nahoana ny teny pidgin no tsy tafiditra ao anaty fikirakirana momba ny teny? |
10 | Why is pidgin not available in language settings? According to the Nigerian Communications Commission Subscriber Data, Nigeria has nearly 122 million connected and active phone lines, with 97% being mobile. | Araka ny filazan'ny “Vaomieram-pifandraisana Nizeriana misahana ny tahiry misy ny isan'ireo mpamandrika (Nigerian Communications Commission Subscriber Data)”, manana taribiam-pifandraisana 122 tapitrisa mifampitohy sy am-perinasa i Nizeria, ka finday avokoa ny 97%. |
11 | This makes Nigeria the first in this category in Africa and 9th worldwide. | Izay mampiditra an'i Nizeria ho voalohany ao anatin'ity sokajy ity ao Afrika izany ary faha-9 manerantany. |
12 | Yet, the most widely spoken tongue in Nigeria is not available in phone input settings. | Na dia izany aza anefa, tsy tafiditra ao anaty fikirakirana fampidiran-teny ny tenin'ny be mpiresaka indrindra ao Nizeria. |
13 | This is not exclusive to Nigeria however. | Na dia izany aza tsy i Nizeria manokana ihany no tratran'izao. |
14 | Around the world, vehicular languages (lingua franca) and dialects which are more widely spoken than the official languages suffer lack of representation in the tech and mobile worlds. | Manerantany, tsy hita ao anatin'ny tontolon'ny teknolojia sy ny finday ny teny ifampiresahana (lingua franca) sy ny tenim-paritra izay be mpiteny indrindra noho ny teny ofisialy. |
15 | Urdu, for example, is the national and vehicular language of Pakistan and an official language in five Indian states. | Ohatra ny teny Ourdou, izay sady tenim-pirenena no teny ifampiresahan'i Pakistana ary teny ofisialy ao amin'ny firenena dimy Indiana. |
16 | Likewise, several dialects of the Bantu family in Africa, of varying prevalence, do not have support on mobile devices. | Tahaka izany ihany koa, tsy hita any anaty finday ny fitenim-paritra marobe an'ny fianakaviana Bantò eto Afrika. |
17 | Third party language plugins and applications are available to help native speakers feel more comfortable with their smartphones. | Azo ampiasaina ny teny fanampiny fahatelo sy ny fampiharana hafa mba hanampiana ireo mpiteny ny tenin-drazana tsy hisahirana miaraka amin'ny finday raitran'izy ireo. |
18 | Some of such projects include Kannada-Hindi Keyboard which allows users to type anything from messages to memos in the kanada and devanagari (marathi/hindi) languages of India and Multiling Keyboard, an Android keyboard application with support for nearly 130 languages. | Ny sasany amin'ny tetikasa tahaka izany dia ahitana ny Kitendry Kannada-Hindi, izay ahafahan'ireo mpiserasera mitendry izay tiany na izany hafatra na memo amin'ny teny kanada sy devanagari (marathi / hindi) tenin'i India, ahitana ny Kitendry Multiling ihany koa, fampiharana kitendry Android ahitana teny eo amin'ny 130 eo. |
19 | But the developers of these apps often suffer from limited funding and the lack of consumer support which most at times leads to the apps being discontinued. | Saingy tsy afa-manoatra noho ny tsy fahampiana ara-bola sy ny tsy fisian'ny fanohanana avy amin'ireo mpanjifa ireo mpamorona ny fampiharana ka matetika miafara amin'ny tsy fitohizan'ny tetikasa izany. |
20 | Are we faced with a global systemic error? | Miatrika fahadisoana mahazatra manerantany ve isika? |
21 | Or does the world believe that those languages do not have their place in the advanced technology sector? | Na mihevitra ve izao tontolo izao fa tsy manana ny toerany ao anatin'ny fandrosoan'ny sehatry ny teknolojia ireo teny ireo? |
22 | Let us hope that in the years to come, we'd have an Android or iOS platform which accepts User Interface root customization including keyboard and input settings in Pashto and Igbo languages. | Antenaina fa amin'ny taona rehetra hoavy, hanana Android na iOS manaiky ny teny ampiasain'ny mpampiasa azy isika, anisan'izany ny kitendry sy ny fikirakirana amin'ny teny pachto sy Igbo. |