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@googlemail.com wrote:
A request has been made: < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Bajjika.... 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%3E 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. _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list -- langcom@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to langcom-leave@lists.wikimedia.org