P-04-652 Android and iOS - Welsh in the 21st Century
P-04-652 Android and iOS - Welsh in the 21st Century
We
call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to work
with Google and Apple to develop a Welsh language version of their operating
systems.
Additional Information
In
recent years Welsh has had much greater representation in businesses, schools,
universities, local councils and other public authorities; this had led to
greater usage of Welsh in day to day activities for Welsh speakers, but that
progress needs to be built on in order to stabilize and grow the number of
speakers.
In
this way, formal every day usage of Welsh could be seen as a success but
informal every day usage of Welsh is the bigger problem. As for deep growth in language, knowledge
isn't encouraged by formal usage. To
deal with this issue it would be prudent to apply the same pressures and
agreements presented to Microsoft on to Google and Apple to develop a Welsh
language implementation of the android OS and iOS respectively.
Informal
usage is proof of a living language.
Petition raised by: Merlyn Cooper
Date petition first
considered by Committee:
Number of signatures: 75 Online signatures
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: For consideration
First published: 28/09/2015