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Computational Linguistics and Mayan Languages - Indiana University

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Language <strong>and</strong> the Internet<br />

• Even some communities that share a language other<br />

than English (e.g., Panjabi speakers) use English for<br />

email <strong>and</strong> chat. (Paolillo)<br />

• Even for languages such as Spanish, resources may<br />

focus on music, dancing, food, shopping (in fact may<br />

be catering to “cultural tourists”). (Clark & Gorski)<br />

• The adoption of encoding st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> keyboards for<br />

some scripts lags behind.<br />

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