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Re: [Question #187449]: Adding the Berber-RIF language

 

Question #187449 on Launchpad itself changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/187449

arafat877 gave more information on the question:
I'm sorry the code is : BER

ber Berber languagesberbères, langues
from  http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php

regards

Le 16 février 2012 19:53, arafat bouchafra <arafat877@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit
:

> Hello !
>
> It's right, the ISO code is RIF, but the variants of this three Berbers,
> is that all this variants are derived from the ancien Berber, but by time
> each one has its vocabulary, and the commun vocabulary between this three
> variants is about 30% or less, so assesting to a conference about the
> unification of this three variants, the speakers (that are doctors in
> Berber Language, who make the academic courses) concuded that for now its
> recomanded to encourage poeple to write in TIFINAGH (the Berber
> Calligraphy), and by time encorage poeple to use the original berber,
> because now each variant contains a lot of Arabic, of Spanish vocabulary
> duo to the colonization.
>
> so and from the recomendation of this conference, I propose to create a
> team for each variant. and by time (10 or plus years) we achieve to one and
> unique team.
>
> you must to understand that for my case, I was born in Rif, in a
> traditional familly, in witch my mom speaks only the Berber-Rif, and also
> my Grand mom. I can't understand someone who speaks Berber-Tachalhit, or
> Berber-Sous, or even Berber-Qbayel (Algeria) Berber-Libya or any kind of
> Berber.
>
> for that I encourage you let poeple starting translating in the first step
> to translate UBUNTU in thier variant, and by time all this variants can be
> unified in one commun Berber, we need also to invent in some cases
> vocabulary duo that the Berber language didn't keep pace its time for a
> long time.
>
> finally, the decision for unifing all this variants in one unique team is
> clear, I created a team for the Berber-Rif variant, I have two commiters,
> one is a developper, the other is a doctor in Berber language, I can add
> some other comitters, now the big question is from where to start ?
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> Le 14 février 2012 17:00, czajkowski <question187449@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > a écrit :
>
> Your question #187449 on Launchpad itself changed:
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