I am fluent in Pennsylvania German and I'd like to do a WIkipedia in it. Pennsylvania German (or Pennsylvania Dutch, High German, or many other names) is spoken by up to 100,000 people in the USA and Canada, mainly in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa, and around the city of Kitchener, Ontario. It is a blend of many German dialects but mostly unintelligible to someone who speaks "regular" German (Deutsch). I am a native of the area and, while I'm not a native speaker, I have taught myself the language.
Language Codes: ISO 639-2: gem SIL: pdc
Thank you! Joshua Campfield Womelsdorf, PA, USA
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First, "gem" is a generic code for Germanic languages, it is thus not a code to use for a specific language. IF we are going to include this language, you'll have to find another code for it. My proposal would be de-pn, but I'll gladly give my opinion for a better one.
Having said that, it would be good if we could get some indication showing that you are not the only one interested in setting up a Wikipedia in Pennsylvania German. Perhaps you could look for other interested people on the English village pump?
Andre Engels
On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 11:54:40 -0800 (PST), Josh Campfield gobigblue0405@yahoo.com wrote:
I am fluent in Pennsylvania German and I'd like to do a WIkipedia in it. Pennsylvania German (or Pennsylvania Dutch, High German, or many other names) is spoken by up to 100,000 people in the USA and Canada, mainly in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa, and around the city of Kitchener, Ontario. It is a blend of many German dialects but mostly unintelligible to someone who speaks "regular" German (Deutsch). I am a native of the area and, while I'm not a native speaker, I have taught myself the language.
Language Codes: ISO 639-2: gem SIL: pdc
Thank you! Joshua Campfield Womelsdorf, PA, USA
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My proposal would be gem-pdc, in accordance with for example roa-rup
On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 00:44:18 +0100, Andre Engels andreengels@gmail.com wrote:
First, "gem" is a generic code for Germanic languages, it is thus not a code to use for a specific language. IF we are going to include this language, you'll have to find another code for it. My proposal would be de-pn, but I'll gladly give my opinion for a better one.
Having said that, it would be good if we could get some indication showing that you are not the only one interested in setting up a Wikipedia in Pennsylvania German. Perhaps you could look for other interested people on the English village pump?
Andre Engels
On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 11:54:40 -0800 (PST), Josh Campfield
gobigblue0405@yahoo.com wrote:
I am fluent in Pennsylvania German and I'd like to do a WIkipedia in it. Pennsylvania German (or Pennsylvania Dutch, High German, or many other names) is spoken by up to 100,000 people in the USA and Canada, mainly in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa, and around the city of Kitchener, Ontario. It is a blend of many German dialects but mostly unintelligible to someone who speaks "regular" German (Deutsch). I am a native of the area and, while I'm not a native speaker, I have taught myself the language.
Language Codes: ISO 639-2: gem SIL: pdc
Thank you! Joshua Campfield Womelsdorf, PA, USA
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