Sadik Khalid

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Malayalam help

Could you please add the Malayalam script for the translations of parrot and listen? Right now, those pages have only the transliteration into Latin script. Thanks, --EncycloPetey 08:46, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Please look at how I formatted your additions. A transcription into Roman letters should follow the Malayalam script. We do this because many of our users are not familiar with the Malayalam script and cannot pronounce it. We also do this because many users do not have a Malayalam font on their computer, so the script appears as a series of boxes. The transcritption allows all users to at least see something about the word when this problem occurs. --EncycloPetey 09:11, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Do you mean that you want to add a Malayalam word here, on the English Wiktionary? Or do you want to add words on the Malayalam Wiktionary? They are two different places. I can show you how to write simple pages here, but the Malayalam wiktionary is entirely in Malayalam and I cannot help with that. --EncycloPetey 09:17, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Ah, you would like some model pages for complete English entries? I have started a short list of model entries, linked from my User page. They are of various kinds. Some will remain short pages, others are very long and may grow longer. Is this what you wanted?

The List of basic English words may also help, but some of these pages are not in very good shape. --EncycloPetey 09:29, 29 July 2007 (UTC)