Hallo!

I am going through https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_requests_for_new_languages , project by project, letter by letter, up to ten requests per email, one email per day.

I am now working on Wikipedia, and today I'm handling the letter B.

== Balantak ==

Request: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Balantak

Code: blz

My take: Eligible.

== Balochi (unified) ==

Request: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Balochi

Code: bal

My take: Hard to decide without expert consultation: should it be one wiki (bal.wikipedia.org) or several wikis (bgn.wikipedia.org, bcc.wikipedia.org, bgp.wikipedia.org)? I've already emailed an expert a few weeks ago, but got no reply, and today I tried emailing another. I'm suggesting marking it as "waiting" and adding the comment: "The Language committee is consulting with experts and trying to figure out whether this should be one wiki for all varieties of Balochi, or a separate wiki for each variety." Any other suggestions?

== Bole ==

Request: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Bole

Code: bol

My take: Eligible.

== Bororo ==

Request: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Bororo

Code: bor

My take: Eligible, albeit very small, and there's no Incubator activity.

== Braj ==

Request: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Braj

Code: bra

My take: Eligible.

== Buhinon ==

Request: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Buhinon

Code: ubl

My take: I'm not sure. It confuses me a bit. There is already the Central Bicol Wikipedia (bcl), and it's even somewhat active. According to https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/ubl , Buhi'non and Central are a part of the same macro-language, but according to Glottolog, the two languages are in different branches under Bicol languages, so maybe they are distinct. Does anybody have an idea?