User:Boots Redfield

Sorry, this looks long:

I was working on a page about the Duano'. I redid the intro nicely, but in pasting it in, wiped out the citations! So I reverted it. I have saved my work and will try again tomorrow. I had some thoughts:

1.	I would like to suggest a “rotated apostrophe” in place of apostrophe for the ethnic group name, Duano‘. How do I insert an unusual character? I have a degree in Linguistics and inverted apostrophe looks better than regular apostrophe. Here is a discussion of same, from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottal_stop#Writing In MS Word sometimes I can force a rotated apostrophe by putting single quotes around a word and salvaging the rotated one. Didn't work in Wikipedia editor so far.

2.	 The term “Para Malay” means something like: Pan Malay, or simply a Malay language. I am a BA Linguistics UW, Madison and lived in Indonesia 5 years, fluent enough to work as an Indonesian interpreter for the US Department of State (2003-2006 and hopefully again soon). Para means “all the people” or “including all the people” in Indonesian. In fact, I just checked "para" is perhaps not used in Malaysian. This article may have been written by a Malaysian or Indonesian. I would be willing to respectfully discuss the article with the author to be sure I got their message across.

3.	 The title of a linked wikipedia page called “Duano‘ language” could be changed to “Duano‘,” as French is called French and Bahasa called Bahasa.

Here is the re-write I did. I know it still has English clunkiness:

The Duano' (sometimes Desin Dolak or Desin Duano') are an indigenous people of Malaysia (where they are also referred to as Orang Kuala, meaning "People of the Estuary") and can be found in islands along the northeastern region of Sumatra, Indonesia where most Duano' people have traditionally lived. They are one of the Proto-Malay group of cultures. Due to their nomadic boat lifestyle, based almost exclusively on fishing and collecting shellfish and crustaceans by using mud-boards,[7] Duano' people are often categorized as Orang Laut (lit. Sea People), a group that includes the Urak Lawoi’ people and Moken people of the northern region of the Malacca Strait and the Andaman Sea.[5] Although there are similarities in their way of life, they are a separate ethnic group. Citing their own language, culture, identity, and economic complexities, they deny being Orang Laut.[6]

Despite living in a rather developed region and easily coming into contact with outsiders, the Duano’ remain little known to the outside world. The geographical location and concentration of the Duano' people is not easily defined because their settlements are scattered along the coast of the Strait of Malacca, where individual settlements form local groups that are loosely interconnected, making their population level difficult to estimate.

The Orang Kuala numbered about 2,000 people in 2000. They speak a Malayic language called Duano', which is currently endangered.

Boots Redfield (talk) 18:31, 3 March 2021 (UTC) Boots Redfield (talk) 18:38, 3 March 2021 (UTC)