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'''Q: Which language or languages are needed for localization for use by children in Nigeria please?''' |
'''Q: Which language or languages are needed for localization for use by children in Nigeria please?''' |
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:'''A''': Nigeria's official language is [[English]] along with [[Edo]], [[Efik]], [[Adamawa Fulfulde]], [[Hausa]], [[Idoma]], [[Igbo]], [[Central Kanuri]] and [[Yoruba]], but there are more than 250 languages spoken in the country, [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=NG Ethnologue] even lists 510 spoken languages. |
:'''A''': Nigeria's official language is [[English]] along with [[Edo]], [[Efik]], [[Adamawa Fulfulde]], [[Hausa]], [[Idoma]], [[Igbo]], [[Central Kanuri]] and [[Yoruba]], but there are more than 250 languages spoken in the country, [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=NG Ethnologue] even lists 510 spoken languages. |
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:Most children learn English, compulsory from primary school onward |
:Most children learn English, compulsory from primary school onward, and [[Arabic]]. They would probably have a better learning experience when taught most topics in their native language. Secondary school is almost exclusevely taught in English. Yoruba is the local language most used in schools in the south west from primary to Secondary school , but the language of instruction still remains english |
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:There are already localization efforts in Nigeria's major languages, '''[[Yoruba]]''', '''[[Igbo]]''' and '''[[Hausa]]'''. These languages use the African Reference Alphabet, which is covered by [[Unicode]] but requiring support for composed characters with diacritics (at both input and display level). More information about localization can be found at the [http://www.bisharat.net/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Nigeria PanAfrLoc Wiki]. According to [http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/nigeria.htm ''L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde''], a third of the children between 12 and 17 attend school. |
:There are already localization efforts in Nigeria's major languages, '''[[Yoruba]]''', '''[[Igbo]]''' and '''[[Hausa]]'''. These languages use the African Reference Alphabet, which is covered by [[Unicode]] but requiring support for composed characters with diacritics (at both input and display level). More information about localization can be found at the [http://www.bisharat.net/wikidoc/pmwiki.php/PanAfrLoc/Nigeria PanAfrLoc Wiki]. According to [http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/nigeria.htm ''L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde''], a third of the children between 12 and 17 attend school. |
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==Localization experience== |
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See [[OLPC Nigeria/Languages]] for data and information on the languages used in [[OLPC Nigeria|Nigeria]] and required for the [[localization]] effort. |
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==Nigeria 2007== |
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=== School Galadima, Abuja === |
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The XO is in use at the [[Galadima]] School. Read about the trial [[Galadima|here]]. |
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=== 2007-02-12 - XOs in operation: Observations from Nigeria === |
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'''XOs @ Alteq's (OLPC4Nigeria) Engineering Unit''' |
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* One of our XOs (among the first 40 units to arrive in Nigeria) nicknamed '''alteq eng 1''' is displaying some anomalous behavior: Whenever its browser and RSS viewer (Penguin TV) are launched, their icons slowly/gently "flash" in the "circle of running applications". Whenever the flashing Penguin TV icon or Browser icon is clicked on, they each disappear. |
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*The '''MeshNets''' don't always work as expected; sometimes, some of the XOs indicate that their MeshNets are active...yet they don't see one another...particularly those XOs that have been "tagged" as "friends". I usually solve this by restarting. |
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* When an application or more is shared on the MeshNet, another XO that clicks on the shared application (in the neighborhood "radar") will have its respective application launched but won't have a view of the content from the host XO that shared its application. For instance, if XO "Alpha" is viewing the web page '''http://uk.360.yahoo.com/wingless_pilot''' and it shares its browser, XO "Beta" can see "Alpha's" shared browser on the neighborhood radar and click on it. Whenever this is done on the XOs at Alteq (OLPC4Nigeria), "Beta" and any other XO that clicks on "Alpha's" shared browser will end up having their respective browsers going to their default URLs instead of the page that XO "Alpha" is viewing (http://uk.360.yahoo.com/wingless_pilot). |
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<gallery> |
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Image:Using Abiword and Browser.jpg|Nothing beats the XO experience |
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Image:Clipboard Ops.jpg|Editing the Wiki via an XO |
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Image:Adding my observations.jpg|Redefining the concept of fun |
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Image:Neighborhood "radar"_1.jpg|Everyone can see everyone |
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Image:A pair of XOs seeing each other via Mesh Net.jpg|Just the 2 of us |
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</gallery> |
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My observations were posted using an XO (copy-and-paste from Abiword to browser). |
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--Ahmad 03:12, 12 February 2007 (EST) |
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http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/nigeria-opensource/ |
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[[Category:Countries|Nigeria]] |
[[Category:Countries|Nigeria]] |
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Revision as of 00:15, 19 July 2007
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| Federal Republic of Nigeria #NA | |
| Capital | Abuja |
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| Official languages | English, Edo, Efik, Adamawa Fulfulde, Hausa, Idoma, Igbo, Central Kanuri, Yoruba |
| Area | 923,768 km² |
| Population | |
| - 2005 estimate | 128,765,768 |
| - 1999 census | 88,992,220 |
| - Density | 142/km² |
| Education | |
| - Literacy (%) | 68.0 |
| - Compulsory Years | #NA |
| - Compulsory Age | #NA |
| - Pop. in School Age | ~#NA |
| - Pop. in School | ~#NA |
| GDP (PPP) 2005 est. | USD 175 billion |
| - Per capita | USD 1,400 |
| GDP (nominal) 2005 est. | USD 77 billion |
| - Per capita | USD 598 |
| HDI (2006) | 0.448 (low) |
| Gini Index (1996-7) | 50.6 |
| Time zone | WAT (UTC+1) |
| Internet TLD | .ng |
| Calling code | +234 |
| More statistics... | |
Languages needed for localization
Q: Which language or languages are needed for localization for use by children in Nigeria please?
- A: Nigeria's official language is English along with Edo, Efik, Adamawa Fulfulde, Hausa, Idoma, Igbo, Central Kanuri and Yoruba, but there are more than 250 languages spoken in the country, Ethnologue even lists 510 spoken languages.
- Most children learn English, compulsory from primary school onward, and Arabic. They would probably have a better learning experience when taught most topics in their native language. Secondary school is almost exclusevely taught in English. Yoruba is the local language most used in schools in the south west from primary to Secondary school , but the language of instruction still remains english
- There are already localization efforts in Nigeria's major languages, Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa. These languages use the African Reference Alphabet, which is covered by Unicode but requiring support for composed characters with diacritics (at both input and display level). More information about localization can be found at the PanAfrLoc Wiki. According to L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde, a third of the children between 12 and 17 attend school.