Latest posts by Kevin Scannell
Indigenous Tweets #IMLD14 Roundup
Last Friday was International Mother Language Day, a celebration of linguistic and diversity. This year Rising Voices and Indigenous Tweets encouraged people to tweet in their native language using the...
Mapping the Celtic Twittersphere
Kevin Scannell of the project Indigenous Tweets has been mapping global Twitter conversations taking place in Celtic languages (Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Manx Gaelic, Cornish, and Breton). In this post, he...
Facebook in Your Indigenous or Endangered Language
Facebook has stated that it wants to be "available in every language across the world." However, it is no longer accepting new languages as part of its translation project. Continuing...
Languages: Jean Came Poulard on Haitian Creole
The Indigenous Tweets project recently interviewed Jean Came Poulard, an active Haitian Twitterer and software developer working with Logipam, helping to develop and promote open source software and resources for...
Languages: Tweeting in Chichewa in Southern Africa
The Indigenous Tweets project recently interviewed Edmond Kachale, a software developer based in Malawi, who has been active in promoting the use of the Southern African language Chichewa through digital...
