Kirrkirr

I’m taking a few days off from writing posts to take a look at Kirrkirr, a really interesting dictionary program from Christopher Manning.
I’m trying a couple of configurations. One thing I found: To get the sample Japanese file to work correctly (on my PC), I had to change the regional setting to Japan. CM has [...]

Warlpiri>English Dictionary

Steve Swartz has his 1996 Warlpiri-to-English dictionary available on the web. The link takes you directly to the file. Press the stop button on your browser (not available in IE 7.0 beta) to stop the long download and just look around.
For more on Warlpiri, check out David Nash’s Warlpiri site.

Resource for American Languages

Native American Language Net is a site dedicated to the native languages of Americas. NNLN includes informative articles, vocabulary lists, links for kids, and a variety of links to other online resources. Links appear to be updated with care.

Cymraeg (Welsh)

With a rich history and a long battle against endangerment (including linguistic suppression), Cymraeg holds the key to a wealth of information and culture. A nice collection of links is stored at Gwybodiadur, which calls itself a “Welsh Informationary”. Links to resources both online and off include dictionaries, mailing lists, software and lessons.

Netscape

I downloaded Netscape and found it displays all the Unicode, at least on this blog site, correctly.
It also includes RSS features, like the beta IE, though I have not tried them out yet.

IE and Office

Microsoft has released a beta (test) version of its next update to its browser, Internet Explorer, in conjunction with the upcoming release of Vista, the next Windows version. The current version of IE is 6; the beta is IE 7 and is now in its third release. Although it is better at displaying Unicode than [...]

Nuuchahnulth/T’aat’aaqsapa chat

Here’s a starter for Nuuchahnulth/T’aat’aaqsapa!

Special Characters in Word

There are a variety of ways to enter special characters not on your keyboard in Microsoft Word. One way is Insert -> Symbol. The shortcut for that is Alt + I, S. Try to select a character from the default font if possible to preserve the look of your document. If you’re looking for a [...]

Unicode and UnicodeInput Utility

When computing started out, memory was limited, so not many letters were provided. Different ways of representing characters arose, making it difficult to exchange documents.
The Unicode Consortium provides a standard way of encoding characters, and has the ambitious task of assigning a unique number to every character in human languages.  If you go to the [...]

Quick Key

Here’s a neat utility that displays a set of characters that can be easily selected and dropped into your software, such as Microsoft Word.
To operate, select File -> Open and find the character set you want to use, such as Cherokee or Latin Extended-A for a selection of letters with diacritical marks (like accents). If [...]