Polabian
Wiktionary<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wi…
(pox): This is a language that was spoken by Slavs living in the region between the Elbe
and Oder rivers that went extinct in the mid-19th century. There is attestation to about
2800 words. This is a pet project of a specific individual user. And when several people
(including me) questioned him on the extent of the vocabulary on the discussion page, his
response was
"Of course, but you could just borrow borrowed words from Polish, Kashubian, etc., or
put together new words. Or you invent new words. My goal is not to create a historical
Wiktionary for scientists, but to invent a "New Polabian" and revive the
language in its "basic form", such as "New-Prussian", Hebrew,
Cornish."
Since I don't see our remit at WMF as being a place to host a revival like this, I
propose rejecting this test and moving it to Wikia (or wherever else the user wants). I
will wait seven days to hear opinions about this.
Flemish (Dutch)
Wiktionary<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wi…
(nl-BE): I told the requester that he should try to work this into the standard Dutch
Wiktionary. He said that he would do so, but is also going to try to get an ISO code. (For
clarification, this is not for a project in the separate "Flemish" language,
code vls.) I will reject on the grounds that it does not currently have a language code.
If the proposer succeeds in getting one—an unlikely outcome, I'm guessing—it's
still a good question whether it should exist separately from Dutch Wiktionary. But we
don't have to decide that now.
Wiktionary
Norman<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wiktio…
(nrf): Like its Wikipedia (which exists under a different/wrong langcode), this is
intended to serve the broad group of Norman(d) dialects (such as Jèrriais and Guernésiais)
. Eligible, but needs to be as broadly inclusive as the Wikipedia.
Wiktionary
Lohorung<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikt…
(lbr): A Nepalese language with 6,200 speakers. Apparently has been a written language
(using Devanagari) since 2010. Placing on hold (no content).
Wiktionary Hong Kong sign
language<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikt…
(hks): On hold (no content).
Steven
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