[Tlhingan-hol] Duolingo

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> It's generally true that Klingon is looked down upon by many

That's their problem..

> Also many Esperantists don't see any sense in Klingon.

Who asked them ? And who cares anyway ?

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On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 7:52 PM, Christa Hansberry <chransberry at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I didn't say "all", but perhaps I was overgeneralizing. At least a few
> like to argue loud and long about Esperanto's "public image", and that
> includes complaining about the Klingon course on Duolingo, but I suppose
> they're not necessarily in the majority.
>
> -QISta'
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "André Müller" <esperantist at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, Feb 4, 2016 10:37
> Subject: [Tlhingan-hol] Duolingo
> To: "Lieven Litaer" <levinius at gmx.de>
> Cc: "tlhIngan Hol mailing list" <tlhingan-hol at stodi.digitalkingdom.org>
>
>
> Felix and I started working on the Klingon course last year around Easter,
> if I remember correctly. I was very eager in helping with the course and
> designing sentences and a course structure and deciding which words to
> introduce first, etc.
> We both worked on the course for a couple of weeks, but then I got involved
> in my PhD work so much that I had to give up contributing altogether. It's
> sad. I wish I could help complete it and I'm receiving comments from people
> asking when the course will be finished all the time. Other people will
> have to do that now...
>
> By the way, it's not true at all the the Esperantists want Esperanto to be
> the only constructed language on Duolingo. It's generally true that Klingon
> is looked down upon by many, because many think that it somehow(?) takes
> away the chance for other "real" languages, like Japanese or Basque, to be
> included. Also many Esperantists don't see any sense in Klingon. But I
> haven't read any argument by them opposing Klingon because there should
> only be natural language plus Esperanto. I'm sure many would try
> Interlingua, Volapük, Toki Pona, Lojban, Sindarin or even Ido, if Duolingo
> provided them.
> Actually a lot of Esperantists are interested in learning Klingon. Many are
> curious.
>
> When (if) the course gets finished and is if high quality, then this will
> mean a large influx of learners, some of which will indeed want to improve
> further. Duolingo shouldn't be underestimated!
>
> mIyanmavo' Savan,
> - André (aka "Vortarulo" on Duolingo and elsewhere)
> On Feb 4, 2016 23:22, "Lieven" <levinius at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Am 04.02.2016 um 17:08 schrieb seruq:
>>
>>> A co-worker has an app on his phone called Duolingo for learning another
>>> language.  They offer several languages, and their list also includes
>>> mention of the languages that they are still working on, and their
>>> current
>>> status.
>>> One of the languages still in the works is... Klingon; and they claim to
>>> be at 40% completed.
>>>
>>> Does anyone here know anything about this?  Anybody here working on that
>>> project?
>>>
>>
>> See also the Klingon language Wiki:
>> www.klingonwiki.net/En/Duolingo
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lieven L. Litaer
>> aka Quvar valer 'utlh
>> Grammarian of the KLI
>> http://www.facebook.com/Klingonteacher
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