August 15, 2006
SMS to boost Irish language use
The use of Irish, the language natively spoken in Ireland, has slowly been in decline for centuries in part due to former British rulers who forbade its use, reports CIO. "But one Irish institution is using technology to ensure that the language stays alive.
"Foras na Gaeilge, a government body that promotes the use of Irish is to encourage mobile phone operators to enable text messaging in Irish. Foras na Gaeilge is currently in talks with Vodafone Ireland in an attempt to create an application that would support texting in the language.
Potential services could include displaying menu items on phones in Irish and Irish language predictive texting, the technology that suggests completed words to texters after they've inputted just a couple letters, she said."
Related:
-- Txting in Wlsh gets much easier - A new predictive text program enables users to type in Welsh. A development The Welsh Language Board said reflected the importance of technology when promoting the use of the Welsh language.
-- Ethiopic SMS - The ancient Ethiopian script, Ethiopic - one of the world's oldest living alphabets - has now been mobile-enabled allowing users to send Ethiopic SMS anywhere around the world.
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