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Anthropologist • Linguist • Himalaya (Nepal, Sikkim) & Bella Bella • University of British Columbia • Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies & Anthropology • sometimes with BBC Radio 4 and/or the UN https://markturin.arts.ubc.ca

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Trump’s English language order upends America’s long multilingual history Across its nearly 250-year history, the United States has never had an official language until now. But Americans will not stop using languages other than English because of an executive order.

'Trump’s English language order upends America’s long multilingual history', co-authored with Ross Perlin theconversation.com/trumps-engli...

17.03.2025 22:57 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Why is it so hard to type in Indigenous languages? A recent update to the Unicode Standard means that Haíɫzaqvḷa can finally be fully written and read on all digital platforms.

Why is it so hard to type in Indigenous languages?

18.12.2024 21:15 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

hi there, can you add me in? Many thanks

12.12.2024 20:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Typotheque: Typotheque Indigenous North American Type Typotheque Indigenous North American Type: A Collaborative Research Project to Overcome Digital Language Support Barriers for Indigenous North American Typography

To @lianghai.dev Debbie Anderson and the @unicode.org, Aidan Pine, @markturin.bsky.social, @bchasemadethis.bsky.social, Leo Vicenti, and Cris Hernández of our Typotheque Indigenous North American Research project! www.typotheque.com/research/nor...

29.11.2024 22:39 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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