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Language addition urgently needed
I was gonna add some multi-award winner films with Luganda language but you don't have that language in options.
Please add this language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luganda
If you need a movie example, I can give this one that's already on site but can't add the language of course: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2569328/
There are more already on site, and the ones I'm planning to add as well.
Waiting for a solution, thanks.
dan_dassow
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475.5K Points
10 years ago
http://www.imdb.com/language/
According to Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipibo_language
There are at least two films on IMDb in which Shipibo is used.
I'm Still (2013) "Sigo siendo" (original title)
The summary says: "A trip through the diversity of black and native Peruvian music."
2014 documentary "Icaros". The summary says: "Icaros explores the spiritual universe of the Shipibo indigenous people ...." On IMDb the film's language is currently listed as "Aboriginal".
For additional background, please reference these two threads:
How do I request that language be added to the list?
https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/how_do_i_request_that_language_be_added_to_the_list
How to add a new language to IMDB database? I had no offical answer
https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/how_to_add_a_new_language_to_imdb_database_i_had_no_offical_...
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Rida
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8.5K Points
3 years ago
Thanks for your request.
I can confirm that a new language request has been made to our technical team. We are unable to advise on the timeline for this request. Once we hear back then we will update you here.
Thanks for your patience.
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Mvybuf
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3 years ago
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104057/
This drama was produced in the Gullah Geechee Nation, an autonomous country (since 2000) of several islands off the coast of the southeastern United States (from North Carolina to Florida). The movie is in the Gullah (Geechee) language. The filmmaker is herself Gullah.
You don't have this country or language in the drop-down menus. Please add "Gullah" to both categories, so this movie listing on IMDb can be corrected.
The name "Gullah" is preferred over "Geechee" as the more modern name for the language, the people, the culture, and the nation, though "Geechee" is still often used and accepted, even officially.
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Mvybuf
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3 years ago
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4210112/
This movie produced in Ghana is in the language Kusaal, a Mabia (Gur) language. Please add Kusaal to your language list so the proper language can be assigned to this film.
You should also add "Mabia languages" (the more scholarly name) or "Gur languages" (the more colloquial name) to cover other films that use any of the 70 languages in that group, spoken in west Africa. Or maybe "Mabia (Gur) languages".
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Mvybuf
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3 years ago
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059675/
The native Kalahari Bushmen (also known as the San people) who appear in one scene of this movie are speaking their tribal language, which is in a family of languages known as Khoesan, spoken by the Bushmen in the Kalahari desert and surrounding savanna region of southern Africa.
You don't have this language (family) in the list to choose. There are other movies with the Kalahari Bushmen, particularly documentaries, that need to correctly list this language family.
Please add "Khoesan languages" (or if you prefer to spell it the more scientifically pronounced "Khoisaan").
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nardog
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1.6K Points
2 years ago
Tembele (2022), Uganda's submission for the 2023 International Feature Oscar, is in Swahili, Nyankole, and Luganda, according to the director. However, I could not add the latter two. I was especially surprised to find Luganda, the most widely spoken language in Uganda with millions of speakers, wasn't available. The name for Nyankole seems to vary a lot, with alternatives including "Nyankore", "Runyankole", "Runyankore", and "Nkore", but "Nyankole" is the one used by the Library of Congress and SIL. (These sources give "Ganda" for the other language, but "Luganda" is more common as far as I can tell.) Please make them available.
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nardog
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2 years ago
My problem Add Nyankole and Luganda languages for Tembele, an Oscar submission was merged Language addition urgently needed, which is only about Luganda. My problem was about not just Luganda but Nyankole as well. The merger doesn't make sense.
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Devin1405
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2 years ago
Hi,
I am trying to add a language to The Grab (2022) called Lala but it is not an option.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21820452/
Source: https://filmadelphia.org/events/pff31-the-grab/
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