tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335861.post1899178081849138698..comments2024-02-01T14:20:58.570-05:00Comments on Beyond Niamey: Writing Bambara wrong & a petition to VOADonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16275678707103038011noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335861.post-30582967938830029612020-04-26T14:02:11.759-04:002020-04-26T14:02:11.759-04:00Thank you Sam and Michael for your comments.
Mich...Thank you Sam and Michael for your comments.<br /><br />Michael, I appreciate your checking at ORTM and sharing that information and other observations. Seems some further research is needed on (1) patterns of use of written national languages of Mali, and (2) how broadcast organizations in Africa generally produce content in African languages.<br /><br />Coleman Donaldson had an observation Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16275678707103038011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335861.post-42668562336143592612020-01-31T12:57:58.946-05:002020-01-31T12:57:58.946-05:00On the strength of the comment in this blog that O...On the strength of the comment in this blog that ORTM trains its presenters in Bambara orthography, I went to ORTM in December 2020 hoping to find written transcripts of news broadcasts. Currently, there are no staff at ORTM that know how to read and write Bambara. News broadcasts are translated on the fly from French text. According to an analysis of a very small sample, rather approximately.<brMichael Leventhalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17542052207177025337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335861.post-84854114139832438242019-01-06T12:22:53.843-05:002019-01-06T12:22:53.843-05:00Thanks Don for this good plea.Thanks Don for this good plea.Sam Samakéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14106704938640929984noreply@blogger.com