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04-24-2017, 10:51 AM
Computers can't grasp Icelandic. Here's why that's a big problem
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Iceland's mother tongue has a major tech problem.
Many new computer devices do **t understand Icelandic, a unique descendant of the Old **rse language filled with ultra-descriptive words such as Hundslappadrifa, or "heavy s**wfall with large flakes occurring in calm wind."
This omission is compounding a bigger issue on the **rth Atlantic island of about 340,000 people.
SEE ALSO: Companies will have to prove equal pay in Iceland **w, and it's pretty great (http://mashable.com/2017/03/08/women-equal-pay-iceland/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Icelandic, seen by residents as a source of identity and pride, is losing ground as English becomes the lingua franca of mass tourism and voice-activated devices, the Associated Press reported (http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/computers-dont-even-understand-it-icelandic-people-worrying-their-language-is-facing-extinction). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/23/iceland-language-at-risk-computers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Iceland's mother tongue has a major tech problem.
Many new computer devices do **t understand Icelandic, a unique descendant of the Old **rse language filled with ultra-descriptive words such as Hundslappadrifa, or "heavy s**wfall with large flakes occurring in calm wind."
This omission is compounding a bigger issue on the **rth Atlantic island of about 340,000 people.
SEE ALSO: Companies will have to prove equal pay in Iceland **w, and it's pretty great (http://mashable.com/2017/03/08/women-equal-pay-iceland/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Icelandic, seen by residents as a source of identity and pride, is losing ground as English becomes the lingua franca of mass tourism and voice-activated devices, the Associated Press reported (http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/computers-dont-even-understand-it-icelandic-people-worrying-their-language-is-facing-extinction). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/23/iceland-language-at-risk-computers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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