Since they come preloaded then there's the material to make autotranslation happen. I assume they worked with linguists but I'll read more about it.
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Yes, they worked with
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Replying to @o_guest @nekatomenos and
The keyboard is
@julienbaley’s work. He used http://lexcy.library.ucy.ac.cy/sintixies.aspx to export word forms for Cypriot Greek. The creators of Συντυχιές adopted their own spelling conventions for Cypriot sounds (σ̌, ζ̌, ξ̌, ψ̌) and followed historical orthography (τζ̌-οι-μούμαι as in κ-οι-μάμαι)2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes -
Replying to @pkaratsareas @o_guest and
What you call Cypriot Greek, whether you develop a standardised writing system and spelling rules, a universally accepted grammar are all political and ideological questions, not linguistic ones. Linguists can cope with all linguistic realities provided speakers want them to!
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Replying to @pkaratsareas @o_guest and
OK so this is something I honestly am not fully aware of. Does a language by definition require standardization? I understand that whether you call it a language or a dialect is a social/political decision, but there's no definition of what is sufficient standardization?
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Replying to @nekatomenos @o_guest and
If a given linguistic variety is standardised, people think of it as a ‘proper’ language, a language in its own right. If it lacks standardisation, people perceive it as something lesser than a language: a slang, a dialect, ένα ιδίωμα.
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Replying to @pkaratsareas @o_guest and
That's what I was trying to understand. So in linguistic terms there is a specific differentiation between language, dialect, idiom etc? Or are they all defined as variations of language families? Excuse me for the perhaps inexact phrasing here.
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Replying to @nekatomenos @o_guest and
This is a pseudo-problem for linguistics. The distinction is a sociopolitical one. This is a very good and accessible article that explains this in a really good wayhttps://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/01/difference-between-language-dialect/424704/ …
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Replying to @pkaratsareas @o_guest and
That quote right there in the intro: "The realities of speech are much more complicated than the words used to describe it." :)
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Replying to @nekatomenos @pkaratsareas and
Chomsky: The idea of a national language is a very pretty modern phenomenon..." https://youtu.be/hdUbIlwHRkY A very good introduction to linguistics!
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Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ Retweeted Dr Anna Charalambidou
I forgot to mention that you should check out @DrAnnaMDX's work too.https://twitter.com/DrAnnaMDX/status/1104046449292201985 …
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