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    Adding Tamil language

    Submitted 5 months ago by Dashmy Rajee​ Expires on 08 Aug
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    Last week I saw in the campus steps saying welcome in all languages I searched for Tamil it wasn’t there and there a soo many Tamil students studying in BCU and I don’t want them to feel left out. As I’m a member of BCU Tamil society also being a Tamil student I want to bring the Tamil language of welcome which is Vanakam in Tamil language in one of the steps among all the other languages.
Sidar Tosyali
8:56pm on 26 Apr 26 Adding a specific language would be a bit odd though honestly. I don't think the steps should be changed. I mean, I'm Turkish and I didn't see a "merhaba" last I checked. Catering to one culture in particular means implying that said culture is more important than others, which I don't think is the case. If attention is to be given to a specific language's inclusion, we should also be making sure every other language is included as well, ideally only one time each. Any change would take time and effort, thus I think it's best to simply leave the steps as-is.

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