Hello MF-Warburg,
I agree with you that this language (that has an ISO 639-3 code) is
eligible. I see also that it is spoken by around 20 million people
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajjika>, so indeed this should be an
uncontroversial case of eligibility I think?
Best regards,
Anass
On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 5:24 PM MF-Warburg <mfwarburg(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
A request has been made: <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Bajjik…gt;.
I think it is an uncontroversial case of eligibility: The language recently
received an ISO 639-3 code, vjk, and usually we follow ISO 639-3 anyway.
But I've also read the ISO change request at <
https://iso639-3.sil.org/request/2022-004> and the article <
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259569512_The_Bajjika_language_and…
and from them I conclude that Bajjika, previously classified as a dialect
of Maithili, is sufficiently different from that and other related
languages, so that it is"sufficiently unique that it could not coexist on a
more general wiki" [LPP].
As it is currently not clear if the request was made by a (native) speaker
of the language, or just "in general", as with past practice, I suggest
marking it as "on hold, pending the appearance of native speakers" rather
than "eligible", even though it would be eligible per se.
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