There is an aramaic WP: http://arc.wikipedia.org
There is also a Latin WP: http://la.wikipedia.org. Technically, Latin isn't really a dead language.
Not all Conlangs should be discounted, and at the same time not all natural languages should be approved immediately. What's needed is a common-sense approach that takes into account the value of the language, the size of the userbase, the value to the speaking community, the value to the language, and the value to the world at large.
--Andrew Whitworth
On Dec 26, 2007 6:53 PM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
At least one good criteria for deciding whether a particular Wikipedia is justified would be the existence of a community of native speakers (community interpreted expansively). Dead language 'pedias don't seem to serve the purpose of preservation of knowledge and access to it. Is there a Latin or Aramaic Wikipedia? We should treat tiny languages with no native speakers in the same manner.
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