Re: [Wikipedia-l] Võro Vikipeediä

[Mark Williamson]

I propose that we use something like fiu-voro as the language code
(there is no ethnolgue code for Voro because it lists it as a dialect
of Estonian).

The issue of a code nonwithstanding, I think it should be set up right away.

Mark

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:11:58 +0000, Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:
> Forwarding from foundation-l to wikipedia-l since there was no
> reaction on that list....
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Sulev Iva <juvasul at ut.ee>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:43:52 +0200
> Subject: [Foundation-l] Võro Vikipeediä
> To: foundation-l at wikimedia.org
> 
> Dear members of the foundaton,
> I'm a user of Estonian (Võrok) and English Wikipedia (Võrolang) and a
> native speaker,
> researcher and activist of the Võro language spoken in Estonia. Võro
> (native name Võro
> or Võro kiil´) belongs to the Finnic branch of the Finno-Ugric
> languages. It has about
> 70.000 speakers mostly in southern Estonia.
> Language codes (not yet official) are Vro and Vr. See more about Võro in
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Võro and http://www.wi.ee/.
> 
> I and my friends would like to begin with Võro language Wikipedia. We
> can translate
> Estonian language file to Võro (actually we have already started) and begin with
> creation of new articles. Of course your objection may be that there are too few
> speakers of Võro. Yes, but the speakers are quite active and
> computerized people and
> the Võro language community needs an encyclopedia in their own
> language. I'm sure the
> number of potential editors in Võro is not smaller than the Kashoub,
> Cornish, Gaelic,
> Faroese or Saami's or many other small languages' one. I have
> discussed the idea of
> Võro Wikipedia with Estonian Wikipedia developers: Andres, Ker, Klaus etc.
> (http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipeedia:Community_Portal#V.C3.B5rukeelne_Wikipedia).
> They are supporting the idea and will help us. I hope you will support us too.
> Best regards, Võrolang -- 80.235.61.143 11:33, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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