I am passing through the requests and the first one is the request for
Wikipedia in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic [1].
The situation is a kind of complex, but I see no reason not to verify
the language itself [2] as eligible, as it should be done with
possible request for Chaldean Neo-Aramaic [3].
Syriac language [4] -- and we have a Wikipedia in that language [5],
encoded as the group of Aramaic languages [6] -- has been split around
1st century AD, meaning that the differences between them are likely
to be comparable with the difference between Romance languages. It
also includes the languages that are not Assyrian nor Chaldean
Neo-Aramaic.
Anyway, this is just eligibility verification, not the approval of the
project. If there is a real interest in creation of a separate
Wikipedia, we will be able to decide about practical implications at
that point of time.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Assyri…
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_Neo-Aramaic
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaldean_Neo-Aramaic
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_language
[5] https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/
[6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramaic_language
Satdeep Gill (User:Satdeep Gill) approached Amir and me and expressed
his wish to become a Language committee member.
He is a very active Indian Wikimedian -- both online and offline --,
as well as he knows at least Punjabi, Sindhi and Urdu (I suppose
Hindi, as well). As we don't have anyone with primarily linguistic
skills from India (Santhosh is a programmer), I would welcome his
membership in the LangCom.
I suggest marking the requiest for Wikipedia in Bahraini Arabic [1] on hold.
Although it could be valid per se, there is a negative attitude
towards the language itself among the native speakers [2].
So, while the request could be valid in a distant future, it is
presently invalid and we should wait till the population get positive
attitude towards their native language, if they get it ever.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Bahran…
[2] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/abv