I run a dubbing studio.
Every day we make Korean, Turkish, Hindi, Spanish and Portuguese content accessible to South African audiences through language.
Nobody asks why
Nobody says viewers should just learn Korean or Portuguese
Nobody complains when knowledge and entertainment are translated into English
I also write software in Python.
So when I see people building tools that allow coding concepts to be expressed in isiZulu, I understand exactly what they’re trying to do and get excited
Language is not just for conversation.
Language is a vehicle for knowledge.
If a language can carry stories, science, mathematics and law, it can carry programming concepts too.
The comments under @Father_Of_Geeks post are a reminder that the biggest barrier is not technology.
It’s whether we believe our own languages deserve a place in the future.