I suggest "on hold" status for the request for [Wikipedia in] Ainu [1]. While it's a valid language with large enough ethnic population, just 10 people speak it [2]. Explanation for the "on hold" status should be "waiting for native speakers".
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Ainu_2 [2] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ain
2017-01-21 15:17 GMT+01:00 Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com:
I suggest "on hold" status for the request for [Wikipedia in] Ainu [1]. While it's a valid language with large enough ethnic population, just 10 people speak it [2]. Explanation for the "on hold" status should be "waiting for native speakers".
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_ languages/Wikipedia_Ainu_2 [2] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ain
FYI, there is some effort to revitalise this language. The ethnologue.com numbers may be outdated as there is even a magazine published four times a year : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_Times Still "on hold" is probably (and sadly) the way to go.
Cdlt, ~nicolas
On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 3:53 PM, Nicolas VIGNERON vigneron.nicolas@gmail.com wrote:
FYI, there is some effort to revitalise this language. The ethnologue.com numbers may be outdated as there is even a magazine published four times a year : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_Times Still "on hold" is probably (and sadly) the way to go.
The status "on hold" is designed exactly for such examples: A valid living language system which presently doesn't fulfill the minimums for having a useful and living project (or it doesn't have bureaucratic requirements, like ISO 639-3 code is).
The request has been put on hold.
On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 7:37 PM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 3:53 PM, Nicolas VIGNERON vigneron.nicolas@gmail.com wrote:
FYI, there is some effort to revitalise this language. The ethnologue.com numbers may be outdated as there is even a magazine published four times a year : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_Times Still "on hold" is probably (and sadly) the way to go.
The status "on hold" is designed exactly for such examples: A valid living language system which presently doesn't fulfill the minimums for having a useful and living project (or it doesn't have bureaucratic requirements, like ISO 639-3 code is).