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Tulu takes a major Wiki leap, all thanks to a dedicated team
by Prasad Krishna published Aug 22, 2016 last modified Aug 22, 2016 04:38 PM — filed under: , ,
Tulu is one of the five Dravidian languages but it has the least number of speakers. Though it has a script, lack of usage has made it almost obsolete, forcing Tulu writers to write in Kannada. This has, however, benefited Tulu today, allowing it to boast of its own Wikipedia
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Tulu gets official Wikipedia page, but Mumbai linguists say more is needed
by Prasad Krishna published Aug 22, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Sitting in his Sunkadakatte home in Bengaluru, Dr UB Pavanaja still recalls the moment when he was at the WikiConference India 2016 in Chandigarh earlier this month. Academicians from all over India had gathered at the event, to share their views about issues related to India on Wikipedia. While the talks were still in progress, Katherine Maher, executive director, Wikimedia Foun-dation, USA, paused to make an announcement.
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Blog Entry Preserving Languages and Cultures in India: The Birth of the Tulu Wikipedia
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Aug 26, 2016 last modified Sep 07, 2016 03:35 PM — filed under: , ,
After eight years of effort and outreach, the Tulu language Wikipedia has gone live. Wikimedia contributors play a key role in preserving languages and cultures, and tools like the Wikimedia Incubator help new projects like the Tulu Wikipedia get started.
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Blog Entry Community Digest: Tulu Wikipedia Goes Live after Eight Years in Incubator; News in Brief
by Subhashish Panigrahi and Ting-Yi Chang published Aug 26, 2016 — filed under: , ,
Eight years after being created in the Wikimedia Incubator, the Tulu-language Wikipedia is now live as the 23rd Indic language Wikipedia.
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Blog Entry Meet the Newly Born Tulu Wikipedia, the 23rd in a South Asian Language!
by Subhashish Panigrahi published Aug 30, 2016 — filed under: , ,
The Tulu language Wikipedia became the latest entrant in the family of 294 world-language Wikipedia projects after the project went live from Wikimedia Incubator earlier this month.
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