[kictanet] Urgently looking for Maa speakers

[Solomon Mbũrũ Kamau]

Hi Wairigia,

I work with Maa speakers from Narok and Naivasha, specifically in Maai
Mahiu, in adult education.
If okay, let me have the words for translation in/from Maa.

Thanks

On 08/02/2013, Warigia Bowman <warigia at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Kictanet members.
>
> I need your help.
>
> I am on the board of a really cool organization that helps digitize African
> languages.  Feb 21, is International Mother Language Day. We are working
> hard to get as many languages as possible up to the 100 word level, so that
> we can fully demonstrate to the world what a spectacular system we've
> developed.
>
> I don't know if there is time to get Maa in as a launch language, but we
> could give it a try. Check out http://kamusi.org/node/259967 to see what
> will need to be done.
>
> If this is too tight a schedule, no worries, we can get started with Maa at
> any time. But I think that there will be a lot of benefit from being a
> launch language, because we start fundraising with donors on Feb 22, so
> languages that are in the system at that point will be the ones that are
> visible as ready for support.
>
> Is there anyone who can work on getting us at least 30 words translated
> from Maa to English by this date? There *is* limited funding for this.
>
> Get back to me soonest.
>
> Yours, Warigia
>
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> Dr. Warigia Bowman
> Assistant Professor
> Clinton School of Public Service
> University of Arkansas
> wbowman at clintonschool.uasys.edu
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