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Von: Ami Keu <amitumi1234amitumi1234@gmail.com>
Date: Mi., 14. Juni 2023 um 23:21 Uhr
Subject: Fwd: A problem of Sylheti Wikipedia and possible soultions
To: <langcom-owner@lists.wikimedia.org>

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From: Ami Keu <amitumi1234amitumi1234@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 June, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Subject: A problem of Sylheti Wikipedia and possible soultions
To: jhsoby@wikimedia.no <jhsoby@wikimedia.no>

Hi Jon,

I don't know if this is the correct email to write this.

Thank you for initiating approval for Sylheti Wikipedia https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/langcom@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/TKDRS64F5NW2BQBCT4LNNKYV3GMSPVRH/

I would like to point out one thing. Langcom should be aware that Sylheti wikipedia uses sylheti nagri script. And not many sylheti people can actually read or write this script. Most sylheti uses Bengali alphabet to write sylheti (also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sylhetis#Sylheti_nagri_script )

I can see there is a discussion about this on sylheti wikipedia:  https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wp/syl/ꠝꠥꠟ_ꠚꠣꠔꠣ#আমার_সামান্য_এক_পর্যবেক্ষণ_(ꠝꠞ_ꠔꠥꠞꠣ_ꠇꠤꠀꠟ) where a sylheti pointed out that there is an organization did a survey and found out only 12-25 thousands people can actually write or read this script.

There are c. 10.3 millions sylheti, which means sylheti wikipedia will be un-accessible for vast majority of sylheti.

There is also pointed out that possible solutions would be lang converter like some wiki has. I would request langcom to create or ask developer to create a lang converter for sylheti wikipedia. Mapping already exists, see https://github.com/mayeenulislam/nagri-bangla

Thank you.

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