Mark Turin
@markturin.bsky.social
Anthropologist • Linguist • Himalaya (Nepal, Sikkim) & Bella Bella • University of British Columbia • Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies & Anthropology • sometimes with BBC Radio 4 and/or the UN https://markturin.arts.ubc.ca
'Trump’s English language order upends America’s long multilingual history', co-authored with Ross Perlin theconversation.com/trumps-engli...
Trump’s English language order upends America’s long multilingual history
Across its nearly 250-year history, the United States has never had an official language until now. But Americans will not stop using languages other than English because of an executive order.
theconversation.com
March 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
'Trump’s English language order upends America’s long multilingual history', co-authored with Ross Perlin theconversation.com/trumps-engli...
Reposted by Mark Turin
Why is it so hard to type in Indigenous languages?
Why is it so hard to type in Indigenous languages?
A recent update to the Unicode Standard means that Haíɫzaqvḷa can finally be fully written and read on all digital platforms.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Why is it so hard to type in Indigenous languages?
Reposted by Mark Turin
To @lianghai.dev Debbie Anderson and the @unicode.org, Aidan Pine, @markturin.bsky.social, @bchasemadethis.bsky.social, Leo Vicenti, and Cris Hernández of our Typotheque Indigenous North American Research project! www.typotheque.com/research/nor...
Typotheque: Typotheque Indigenous North American Type
Typotheque Indigenous North American Type: A Collaborative Research Project to Overcome Digital Language Support Barriers for Indigenous North American Typography
www.typotheque.com
November 29, 2024 at 10:39 PM
To @lianghai.dev Debbie Anderson and the @unicode.org, Aidan Pine, @markturin.bsky.social, @bchasemadethis.bsky.social, Leo Vicenti, and Cris Hernández of our Typotheque Indigenous North American Research project! www.typotheque.com/research/nor...