Harris Mowbray Explained

Harris Mowbray
Birth Date:1999 10, df=yes
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.
Known For:Work on Braille for world languages
Alma Mater:American University
Occupation:Computational linguist

Harris Mowbray (/ˈhæ.ɹɪs ˈmoʊ.breɪ/; born 1999) is an amateur linguist and programmer from the United States. He is notable for creating several proposals to encode minority languages around the world in Braille.

Early life

Harris was born in New York City to Michele Madansky, a marketing research consultant who, at the time, served as an executive at Yahoo and Travis Mowbray, a clinical trials manager. He was raised in the Silicon Valley. His maternal grandfather was statistician Albert Madansky.[1] He is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent.

Braille

Harris began by making Braille for the Gagauz language[2] and the Sorbian language.[3] [4] [5] He was widely featured in Polish press for his Kashubian Braille proposal.[6] [7] [8] [9] His Braille alphabets' proposals have been accepted for the Livonian language, Fulani language,[10] and Lakota language. He also created a manual alphabet (sign language alphabet) for the Fulani language, based on the Adlam script.[10] In March 2021, Harris Mowbray prepared a Braille proposal for two official languages of the US Northern Mariana Islands, Chamorro and Carolinian[11] [12] In mid-2021, the Udi community of Azerbaijan accepted his proposal for Braille in their language.[13] Mowbray also helped digitize Georgian Braille. [14] [15]

In late 2021, Harris developed Braille for the First Nations language Smalgyax spoken in northern British Columbia,[16] the Elfdalian language,[17] and the Rusyn language.[18]

By early 2022, Harris had collaborated with the World Uyghur Congress to create braille for the Uyghur language with the support of other researchers.[19] He also worked with the Khoekhoegowab speaking community of Namibia to develop Braille for their language's orthography.[20]

Harris successfully worked with the Samogitian speaking community of Lithuania in order to create a braille standard for their language in late 2022.[21] In 2023 he worked with Crimean Tatars in Ukraine to develop Braille for their Latin alphabet.[22]

Personal life

Harris attended The American University in Washington, D.C., the city where he resides today.[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Albert Madansky Obituary (2022) - Chicago, IL - Chicago Tribune . .
  2. Web site: Студент из США бесплатно перевел гагаузский алфавит на шрифт Брайля. Рассказываем его историю. January 18, 2021.
  3. Web site: Nowostka za slepych: Serbske Braille pismo | MDR.DE. www.mdr.de.
  4. Web site: Serbski alfabet za slepych wuwił. www.serbske-nowiny.de.
  5. Web site: Powěsće: sobotu, 16.01.2021 | MDR.DE. www.mdr.de.
  6. Web site: Kaszubski dla niewidomych. Oficjalny serwis internetowy miasta Gdynia.
  7. Web site: Wyborcza.pl. trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl.
  8. Web site: Amerykanin chce pomóc niewidomym Kaszubom. March 10, 2021. trojmiasto.pl.
  9. Web site: Alfabet Braille'a dla Kaszubów - Wiadomości radio-plus-polska * radioplus.pl. www.radioplus.pl.
  10. Web site: https://tabalde.com/--/. February 7, 2021.
  11. Web site: In brief: News from around the Pacific. March 12, 2021. RNZ.
  12. Web site: Student creates Chamorro-Carolinian Braille system. March 10, 2021. Saipan Tribune.
  13. Web site: Студент из США Harris Mowbray перевел на шрифт Брайля удинский алфавит. — АЛБАНО-УДИНСКАЯ ХРИСТИАНСКАЯ ОБЩИНА. 24 December 2022.
  14. https://gazetibolnisi.ge/%E1%83%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98-%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1-%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1/ ქართული ბრაილის შრიფტის ელექტრონული ვერსია შეიქმნა
  15. https://mes.gov.ge/content.php?id=13284&lang=geo&fbclid=IwAR33q-KmDgmLX1gP1PU4isuRYFQdaIaxfU5EM8LEu_acPKEa8S_MKt4mv8w საქართველოს განათლებისა და მეცნიერების სამინისტროს ინიციატივით ქართული ბრაილის შრიფტის ელექტრონული ვერსია შეიქმნა
  16. Web site: American linguist develops braille alphabet for traditional dialect of the Ts'msyen people.
  17. Web site: Siljan News. www.siljannews.se. 24 December 2022.
  18. Web site: Announcing a Braille Alphabet . rusynsociety.com . 23 August 2021 . Society for Rusyn Evolution . 26 September 2022.
  19. Web site: US student invents braille system for visually impaired Uyghurs. Radio Free Asia. 24 December 2022.
  20. Web site: American undergraduate student based in Washington DC develops braille in KhoeKhoegowab | nbc. nbcnews.na. 24 December 2022.
  21. Web site: Amerikietis kuria Brailio raštą žemaičių kalbai. santarve.lt. 21 October 2022 . 24 March 2023.
  22. Web site: У Києві презентували перший шрифт Брайля для кримськотатарської мови. crimea.suspilne.media. 3 June 2023.
  23. Web site: Amerykanin stworzył alfabet Braille'a dla Kaszubów - GazetaKaszubska.pl. 15 March 2021.

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