I've made request [1] for Wikipedia in Ewondo [2] eligible. It's a Niger-Congo language spoken by more than 500,000 people in Cameroon [3].
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Ewondo [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewondo_language [3] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ewo
I've made the request [1] for a wikipedia in Kabiye [2] eligible. It's a Niger-Congo language spoken by 975,000 people in Togo [3] (plus a few more in Benin and Ghana). What is more, it's been active on the Incubator for a while [4] and may even be ready for approval [5]. I've started to put my feelers out for an independent scholar to verify the content (no leads yet, though). If I don't hear a 'no', I'll intensify my search for a scholar / Kabiye language expert after the 7-day deadline, i.e. from 16 February.
[1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Kabye [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabye_language [3]https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kbp [4]https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kbp [5]https://tools.wmflabs.org/meta/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/kbp&...
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Oliver Stegen oliver_stegen@sil.org wrote:
I've made the request [1] for a wikipedia in Kabiye [2] eligible. It's a Niger-Congo language spoken by 975,000 people in Togo [3] (plus a few more in Benin and Ghana). What is more, it's been active on the Incubator for a while [4] and may even be ready for approval [5]. I've started to put my feelers out for an independent scholar to verify the content (no leads yet, though). If I don't hear a 'no', I'll intensify my search for a scholar / Kabiye language expert after the 7-day deadline, i.e. from 16 February.
[1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Kabye [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabye_language [3]https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kbp [4]https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kbp [5]https://tools.wmflabs.org/meta/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/kbp&...
Thanks, Oliver! I would encourage every LangCom member with enough of Wikimedia experience and enough linguistic confidence to follow Oliver and myself in making eligible obviously valid requests.
Oliver, there is one more page which needs an update [1], but I will for sure check always check if you forgot it or not.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages
Dear all,
I've received the evaluation of a Kabiye language expert, Prof. Dr. Cecile Padayodi. She writes:
"I read a few of the articles and as a mother tongue speaker of the Kabiye language and also a linguist and a translator, I find that the orthography has been applied quite consistently. There are a few inconsistencies here and there, but that should not prevent the reader from understanding what is being said."
She sent more details on individual words but unless you insist, I won't send it all.
As I'm currently in rural Tanzania on a consulting trip with a full schedule and unreliable internet access, I would ask one of you to take the necessary steps to approve kbp:wp - thanks!
Best wishes, Oliver
On 08-Feb-17 20:09, Milos Rancic wrote:
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Oliver Stegen oliver_stegen@sil.org wrote:
I've made the request [1] for a wikipedia in Kabiye [2] eligible. It's a Niger-Congo language spoken by 975,000 people in Togo [3] (plus a few more in Benin and Ghana). What is more, it's been active on the Incubator for a while [4] and may even be ready for approval [5]. I've started to put my feelers out for an independent scholar to verify the content (no leads yet, though). If I don't hear a 'no', I'll intensify my search for a scholar / Kabiye language expert after the 7-day deadline, i.e. from 16 February.
[1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Kabye [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabye_language [3]https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kbp [4]https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kbp [5]https://tools.wmflabs.org/meta/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/kbp&...
Thanks, Oliver! I would encourage every LangCom member with enough of Wikimedia experience and enough linguistic confidence to follow Oliver and myself in making eligible obviously valid requests.
Oliver, there is one more page which needs an update [1], but I will for sure check always check if you forgot it or not.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages
Langcom mailing list Langcom@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
I informed the community about the approval. Some configuration details are still missing, I'll file the bug when they have added them.
2017-02-28 19:17 GMT+01:00 Oliver Stegen oliver_stegen@sil.org:
Dear all,
I've received the evaluation of a Kabiye language expert, Prof. Dr. Cecile Padayodi. She writes:
"I read a few of the articles and as a mother tongue speaker of the Kabiye language and also a linguist and a translator, I find that the orthography has been applied quite consistently. There are a few inconsistencies here and there, but that should not prevent the reader from understanding what is being said."
She sent more details on individual words but unless you insist, I won't send it all.
As I'm currently in rural Tanzania on a consulting trip with a full schedule and unreliable internet access, I would ask one of you to take the necessary steps to approve kbp:wp - thanks!
Best wishes, Oliver
On 08-Feb-17 20:09, Milos Rancic wrote:
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Oliver Stegen oliver_stegen@sil.org oliver_stegen@sil.org wrote:
I've made the request [1] for a wikipedia in Kabiye [2] eligible. It's a Niger-Congo language spoken by 975,000 people in Togo [3] (plus a few more in Benin and Ghana). What is more, it's been active on the Incubator for a while [4] and may even be ready for approval [5]. I've started to put my feelers out for an independent scholar to verify the content (no leads yet, though). If I don't hear a 'no', I'll intensify my search for a scholar / Kabiye language expert after the 7-day deadline, i.e. from 16 February.
[1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Kabye [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabye_language [3]https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kbp [4]https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kbp [5]https://tools.wmflabs.org/meta/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/kbp&...
Thanks, Oliver! I would encourage every LangCom member with enough of Wikimedia experience and enough linguistic confidence to follow Oliver and myself in making eligible obviously valid requests.
Oliver, there is one more page which needs an update [1], but I will for sure check always check if you forgot it or not.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages
Langcom mailing listLangcom@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
Langcom mailing list Langcom@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
Anyone willing to write a blog post about Kabiye?
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 9:21 AM, MF-Warburg mfwarburg@googlemail.com wrote:
I informed the community about the approval. Some configuration details are still missing, I'll file the bug when they have added them.
2017-02-28 19:17 GMT+01:00 Oliver Stegen oliver_stegen@sil.org:
Dear all,
I've received the evaluation of a Kabiye language expert, Prof. Dr. Cecile Padayodi. She writes:
"I read a few of the articles and as a mother tongue speaker of the Kabiye language and also a linguist and a translator, I find that the orthography has been applied quite consistently. There are a few inconsistencies here and there, but that should not prevent the reader from understanding what is being said."
She sent more details on individual words but unless you insist, I won't send it all.
As I'm currently in rural Tanzania on a consulting trip with a full schedule and unreliable internet access, I would ask one of you to take the necessary steps to approve kbp:wp - thanks!
Best wishes, Oliver
On 08-Feb-17 20:09, Milos Rancic wrote:
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Oliver Stegen oliver_stegen@sil.org wrote:
I've made the request [1] for a wikipedia in Kabiye [2] eligible. It's a Niger-Congo language spoken by 975,000 people in Togo [3] (plus a few more in Benin and Ghana). What is more, it's been active on the Incubator for a while [4] and may even be ready for approval [5]. I've started to put my feelers out for an independent scholar to verify the content (no leads yet, though). If I don't hear a 'no', I'll intensify my search for a scholar / Kabiye language expert after the 7-day deadline, i.e. from 16 February.
[1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Kabye [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabye_language [3]https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kbp [4]https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kbp
[5]https://tools.wmflabs.org/meta/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/kbp&...
Thanks, Oliver! I would encourage every LangCom member with enough of Wikimedia experience and enough linguistic confidence to follow Oliver and myself in making eligible obviously valid requests.
Oliver, there is one more page which needs an update [1], but I will for sure check always check if you forgot it or not.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages
Langcom mailing list Langcom@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
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Here is my initial text about Kabiye. Note that I haven't written anything about the culture, as there are not a lot of texts about Kabiye on internet. (And of course, feel free to fix my English, add whatever you think is relevant etc.)
* * *
'''Kabye''' (also known as Kabiye, Kabre, Cabrai or Lanmba) is the name for people who speak the language of the same name in the north central mountains and northern plains of Togo, West Africa. The Kabye are primarily known for farming and cultivation of harsh, dry, infertile lands of Togo. They grow cotton, millet and yams.
Kabye people also live in northwestern Benin near the Togolese border. The [Logba or Lugba people of Benin are closely related to the Kabye. Broadly defined and subgroups included, the Kabiye people are the second largest ethnic group after Ewe people and they dominate the government and military of Togo.
Kabiye is an Niger-Congo language spoken primarily in northern Togo by approximately one million of speakers. Throughout the 20th century, there was extensive emigration to the centre and south of [[Togo]] and also to Ghana and Benin. According to the Lomé statistics office, Kabiye speakers made up over 23% of the Togolese population in 1999.
Kabiye is one of two national languages of Togo (along with Ewe). In the Togolese context, "national language" currently means that the language is promoted in national media and, in the formal education sector, as an optional exam subject in grades 9 and 10.
(This text has been compiled from the Wikipedia articles Kabye people https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabye_people and Kabiye language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabiye_language.)
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com wrote:
Anyone willing to write a blog post about Kabiye?
On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 9:21 AM, MF-Warburg mfwarburg@googlemail.com wrote:
I informed the community about the approval. Some configuration details
are
still missing, I'll file the bug when they have added them.
2017-02-28 19:17 GMT+01:00 Oliver Stegen oliver_stegen@sil.org:
Dear all,
I've received the evaluation of a Kabiye language expert, Prof. Dr.
Cecile
Padayodi. She writes:
"I read a few of the articles and as a mother tongue speaker of the
Kabiye
language and also a linguist and a translator, I find that the
orthography
has been applied quite consistently. There are a few inconsistencies
here
and there, but that should not prevent the reader from understanding
what is
being said."
She sent more details on individual words but unless you insist, I won't send it all.
As I'm currently in rural Tanzania on a consulting trip with a full schedule and unreliable internet access, I would ask one of you to take
the
necessary steps to approve kbp:wp - thanks!
Best wishes, Oliver
On 08-Feb-17 20:09, Milos Rancic wrote:
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 4:31 PM, Oliver Stegen oliver_stegen@sil.org wrote:
I've made the request [1] for a wikipedia in Kabiye [2] eligible. It's a Niger-Congo language spoken by 975,000 people in Togo [3] (plus a few
more
in Benin and Ghana). What is more, it's been active on the Incubator
for a
while [4] and may even be ready for approval [5]. I've started to put my feelers out for an independent scholar to verify the content (no leads yet, though). If I don't hear a 'no', I'll intensify my search for a scholar
/
Kabiye language expert after the 7-day deadline, i.e. from 16 February.
languages/Wikipedia_Kabye
[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabye_language [3]https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kbp [4]https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kbp
cat=0&title=Wp/kbp&wiki=incubatorwiki
Thanks, Oliver! I would encourage every LangCom member with enough of Wikimedia experience and enough linguistic confidence to follow Oliver and myself in making eligible obviously valid requests.
Oliver, there is one more page which needs an update [1], but I will for sure check always check if you forgot it or not.
[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages
Langcom mailing list Langcom@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
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I've made the request [1] for a wikipedia in Wolaytta [2] eligible. It's an Omotic language spoken by 1.7 million people in Ethiopia [3]. Unfortunately, the request was made anonymously, and there only is a single article presumably written in the language on incubator, almost five years ago [4].
[1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Wolaytt... [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolaytta_language [3]https://www.ethnologue.com/language/wal
[4]https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/wal/Hashshu_Saro_Yidetta
Hoi, There is no problem with eligibility. It is the other stuff that is needed to get us to the phase for a new Wikipedia. Thanks, GerardM
On 9 February 2017 at 21:13, Oliver Stegen oliver_stegen@sil.org wrote:
I've made the request [1] for a wikipedia in Wolaytta [2] eligible. It's an Omotic language spoken by 1.7 million people in Ethiopia [3]. Unfortunately, the request was made anonymously, and there only is a single article presumably written in the language on incubator, almost five years ago [4].
[1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_language s/Wikipedia_Wolaytta [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolaytta_language [3]https://www.ethnologue.com/language/wal
[4]https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/wal/Hashshu_Saro_Yidetta
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I know, I know. That's the difference between Dinka which has a language association which is actively behind efforts to produce wikipedia content, and Wolaytta which *also* has a language development association who, by contrast, does not seem to know about wikipedia. I have contacted them on FB ... will see what happens ...
Oliver
On 09-Feb-17 21:20, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi, There is no problem with eligibility. It is the other stuff that is needed to get us to the phase for a new Wikipedia. Thanks, GerardM
On 9 February 2017 at 21:13, Oliver Stegen <oliver_stegen@sil.org mailto:oliver_stegen@sil.org> wrote:
I've made the request [1] for a wikipedia in Wolaytta [2] eligible. It's an Omotic language spoken by 1.7 million people in Ethiopia [3]. Unfortunately, the request was made anonymously, and there only is a single article presumably written in the language on incubator, almost five years ago [4]. [1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Wolaytta <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Wolaytta> [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolaytta_language <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolaytta_language> [3]https://www.ethnologue.com/language/wal <https://www.ethnologue.com/language/wal> [4]https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/wal/Hashshu_Saro_Yidetta <https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/wal/Hashshu_Saro_Yidetta> _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list Langcom@lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Langcom@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom>
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Hoi, That is very welcome :) Thank you! Thanks, GerardM
On 9 February 2017 at 21:29, Oliver Stegen oliver_stegen@sil.org wrote:
I know, I know. That's the difference between Dinka which has a language association which is actively behind efforts to produce wikipedia content, and Wolaytta which *also* has a language development association who, by contrast, does not seem to know about wikipedia. I have contacted them on FB ... will see what happens ...
Oliver
On 09-Feb-17 21:20, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Hoi, There is no problem with eligibility. It is the other stuff that is needed to get us to the phase for a new Wikipedia. Thanks, GerardM
On 9 February 2017 at 21:13, Oliver Stegen oliver_stegen@sil.org wrote:
I've made the request [1] for a wikipedia in Wolaytta [2] eligible. It's an Omotic language spoken by 1.7 million people in Ethiopia [3]. Unfortunately, the request was made anonymously, and there only is a single article presumably written in the language on incubator, almost five years ago [4].
[1]https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_language s/Wikipedia_Wolaytta [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolaytta_language [3]https://www.ethnologue.com/language/wal
[4]https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/wal/Hashshu_Saro_Yidetta
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