The ISO code for Ahirani is ahr, and it has an estimated 1 million speakers around the world. It is closely related to several other languages, specifically Marathi, but has extensive borrowing of words from other languages, primarily Gujarati, and grammatical differences sufficient that the balance of linguistic consensus is that it is a stand alone language and not merely part of a dialect continuum. It is going to be difficult to get expertise on it, as there is no definitive grammar or dictionary of it published in English. On Dec 3, 2011, at 2:53 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:

Ahirani is written in the Marathi variant of Devanāgarī, though this is a modern development, the older literature is in the Modi script. Since there already is a Marathi wikipedia, the script should not present a significant obstacle. On Dec 3, 2011, at 2:53 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:

Hi All, just created a request new language page as per guideline. I am not sure whether its properly created as I had to struggle while using template. Please let me know if any improvement are needed. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Ahirani Regards, Deepak Home is behind The world ahead. And there are many paths to tread. Through shadow, To the edge of night Until the stars are all alight Mist and shadow Cloud and shade All shall fade All shall...fade. From: deepak_sapkale(a)hotmail.com To: wikipedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org CC: stirling.newberry(a)xigenics.net Subject: RE: [Wikipedia-l] Creation of new language - Ahirani Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 14:27:02 +0530 Hi everyone, Thanks all for your replies and information.. really appreciate it. Yes, the ISO-693 code for Ahirani language is AHR and its very similar to Marathi language and even script is same as which is used for Marathi language, i.e. Devanagari. So there are no obstacles in terms of fonts, characters or symbols. also as mentioned in preivous emails, Ahirani do have estimated million users around the world. I would even say more than million. So you all can imagine, how good opportunity this is. Also I read few requirements mentioned in previous emails..like first I will have to start an incubator project and then the team will finally decide on the basis whether to approve it or not. So I will right away start the incubator project. other than this, I dont see any obstacles as all the requirements seems to be okay. please let me know if any other major obstacles are there. regards, deepak Home is behind The world ahead. And there are many paths to tread. Through shadow, To the edge of night Until the stars are all alight Mist and shadow Cloud and shade All shall fade All shall...fade.