It would be nice if the Limburgian Wikipedia could be instigated at li.wikipedia.org, or rather lim.wikipedia.org. I think lim would be much clearer than li.
thanks
Kasper wrote:
It would be nice if the Limburgian Wikipedia could be instigated at li.wikipedia.org, or rather lim.wikipedia.org. I think lim would be much clearer than li.
The question is not whether it's "clearer" or not. The language codes we use are from an ISO standard.
I can't find any mention of "Limburgian language" in the ISO language codes table, or on Wikipedia, or in Ethnologue. This seems to suggest to me that such a language doesn't exist...
Wikipedia thinks that "Limburg" is either a province of the Netherlands, or a province of Belgium, or a city in Germany. Ethnologue thinks the following languages are spoken in... - the Netherlands: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Netherlands - Belgium: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Belgium - Germany: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Germany
None of these mention "Limburgian", or even anything beginning with "lim".
What language are you referring to?
Timwi
Timwi wrote:
None of these mention "Limburgian", or even anything beginning with "lim".
What language are you referring to?
Timwi
I have found a good website about this;
select language; Dansk Nederlands Frysk Limburgs Nedersaksisch English
And pick "Limburgish" in the menu
Status Since 1997, the Limburgish language has been recognized as regional language by the Netherlands' government, according to Article 2, paragraph 1, of the "European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages". Because of this, the Dutch Government is obligated to encourage the use of the language, although no specific rules or arrangements have been set.
Walter Vermeir
Walter Vermeir wrote:
Timwi wrote:
None of these mention "Limburgian", or even anything beginning with "lim".
What language are you referring to?
Timwi
I have found a good website about this;
select language; Dansk Nederlands Frysk Limburgs Nedersaksisch English
And pick "Limburgish" in the menu
Status Since 1997, the Limburgish language has been recognized as regional language by the Netherlands' government, according to Article 2, paragraph 1, of the "European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages". Because of this, the Dutch Government is obligated to encourage the use of the language, although no specific rules or arrangements have been set.
Walter Vermeir
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From ISO 639:
ISO 639-2: lim ISO 639-1: li
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limburgish
We had all this on Wikipedia ;)
Caroline
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