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According to our survey, there would be a large possibilty that the OLPC would be localized. And | |||
the possible language which would be used in OLPC could be listed as follows, even through it is | |||
intensively debated. | |||
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!Country!!Official!!Other Language(s)!!Region(s) | |||
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![[OLPC Argentina|Argentina]] | |||
||[[Spanish]]||''living languages: 25'' | |||
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||||||Guarani||Corrientes, Misiones | |||
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![[OLPC Brazil|Brazil]] | |||
||[[Portuguese]]||''living languages: 188'' | |||
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![[OLPC China|China,<br> People's Republic of]] | |||
||Mandarin<br><font size="1">(aka Putonghua)</font>||''living languages: 235'' | |||
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||||||Cantonese||Hong Kong, Macau (de facto) | |||
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||||||[[English]]||Hong Kong | |||
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||||||Kazakh||Ili Kazakh | |||
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||||||[[Korean]]||Changbai, Yanbian | |||
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||||||[[Mongolian]]||Inner Mongolia | |||
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||||||[[Portuguese]]||Macau | |||
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||||||Tajik||Taxkorgan | |||
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||||||[[Tibetan]]||Tibet | |||
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||||||Uyghur||Xinjiang | |||
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||||||Zhuang||Guangxi | |||
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||||||Daur||- regional - | |||
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||||||Kalmyk-Oirat||- regional - | |||
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||||||Lu||- regional - | |||
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||||||Peripheral Mongolian||- regional - | |||
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||||||Central Tibetan||- regional - | |||
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||||||Uyghur||- regional - | |||
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||||||Xibe||- regional - | |||
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||||||Northern Zhuang||- regional - | |||
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![[OLPC Egypt|Egypt]] | |||
||(Egyptian) [[Arabic]]||''living languages: 11'' | |||
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![[OLPC India|India]] | |||
||[[Hindi]]<br>[[English]]||''living languages: 415'' | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||Assamese||Assam | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||[[Bengali]]||Tripura, West Bengal | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||Bodo||Assam | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||Dogri||Jammu, Kashmir | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||[[Gujarati]]||Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman, Diu, Gujarat | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||[[Kannada]]||Karnataka | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||Kashmiri||Jammu, Kashmir | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||Konkani||Goa | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||Maithili||Bihar | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||[[Malayalam]]||Kerala, Pondicherry, Lakshadweep | |||
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||||||Meitei||Manipur | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||[[Marathi]]||Maharashtra | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||[[Nepali]]||Sikkim | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||[[Oriya]]||Orissa | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||[[Punjabi]]||Punjab | |||
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||||||Sanskrit||''classical learning language'' | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||Santali||Jharkhand | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||[[Sindhi]]||Jammu, Kashmir | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||[[Tamil]]||Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||[[Telugu]]||Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry | |||
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||||''sheduled official''||Urdu||Jammu, Kashmir | |||
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||||||[[French]]||Pondicherry Union Territory - only | |||
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![[Libya]] | |||
||[[Arabic]] (std)||''living languages: 9'' | |||
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![[OLPC Nigeria|Nigeria]] | |||
||[[Hausa]]<br>[[Igbo]]<br>[[Yoruba]]<br>[[English]]||''living languages: 510'' | |||
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||||''widely used''||Adamawa, Edo, Efik, Fulfulde, Idoma, (central) Kanuri | |||
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![[Rwanda]] | |||
||[[Kinyarwanda]]<br>[[French]]<br>[[English]]||''living languages: 3''<font size="1"><br>Source: [http://www.ethnologue.org/show_country.asp?name=RW Ethnologue]</font> | |||
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![[OLPC Thailand|Thailand]] | |||
||[[Thai]]||''living languages: 74'' | |||
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![[OLPC Uruguay|Uruguay]] | |||
||[[Spanish]]|| | |||
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|} | |||
''Source: [http://wiki.laptop.org OLPC] and [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Language Wikipedia]'' | |||
[[Our Research Questions | Back to Research Questions]] <br> | |||
[[The future of the $100 laptop in 2017 | Back to main page]] |
Latest revision as of 20:57, 20 March 2007
According to our survey, there would be a large possibilty that the OLPC would be localized. And the possible language which would be used in OLPC could be listed as follows, even through it is intensively debated.
Country | Official | Other Language(s) | Region(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Argentina | Spanish | living languages: 25 | |
Guarani | Corrientes, Misiones | ||
Brazil | Portuguese | living languages: 188 | |
China, People's Republic of |
Mandarin (aka Putonghua) |
living languages: 235 | |
Cantonese | Hong Kong, Macau (de facto) | ||
English | Hong Kong | ||
Kazakh | Ili Kazakh | ||
Korean | Changbai, Yanbian | ||
Mongolian | Inner Mongolia | ||
Portuguese | Macau | ||
Tajik | Taxkorgan | ||
Tibetan | Tibet | ||
Uyghur | Xinjiang | ||
Zhuang | Guangxi | ||
Daur | - regional - | ||
Kalmyk-Oirat | - regional - | ||
Lu | - regional - | ||
Peripheral Mongolian | - regional - | ||
Central Tibetan | - regional - | ||
Uyghur | - regional - | ||
Xibe | - regional - | ||
Northern Zhuang | - regional - | ||
Egypt | (Egyptian) Arabic | living languages: 11 | |
India | Hindi English |
living languages: 415 | |
sheduled official | Assamese | Assam | |
sheduled official | Bengali | Tripura, West Bengal | |
sheduled official | Bodo | Assam | |
sheduled official | Dogri | Jammu, Kashmir | |
sheduled official | Gujarati | Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman, Diu, Gujarat | |
sheduled official | Kannada | Karnataka | |
sheduled official | Kashmiri | Jammu, Kashmir | |
sheduled official | Konkani | Goa | |
sheduled official | Maithili | Bihar | |
sheduled official | Malayalam | Kerala, Pondicherry, Lakshadweep | |
Meitei | Manipur | ||
sheduled official | Marathi | Maharashtra | |
sheduled official | Nepali | Sikkim | |
sheduled official | Oriya | Orissa | |
sheduled official | Punjabi | Punjab | |
Sanskrit | classical learning language | ||
sheduled official | Santali | Jharkhand | |
sheduled official | Sindhi | Jammu, Kashmir | |
sheduled official | Tamil | Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry | |
sheduled official | Telugu | Andhra Pradesh, Pondicherry | |
sheduled official | Urdu | Jammu, Kashmir | |
French | Pondicherry Union Territory - only | ||
Libya | Arabic (std) | living languages: 9 | |
Nigeria | Hausa Igbo Yoruba English |
living languages: 510 | |
widely used | Adamawa, Edo, Efik, Fulfulde, Idoma, (central) Kanuri | ||
Rwanda | Kinyarwanda French English |
living languages: 3 Source: Ethnologue | |
Thailand | Thai | living languages: 74 | |
Uruguay | Spanish |