Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Limbu
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This language has been verified as eligible. The language is eligible for a project, which means that the subdomain can be created once there is an active community and a localized interface, as described in the language proposal policy. You can discuss the creation of this language project on this page. Once the criteria are met, the language committee can proceed with the approval and will verify the test project content with a reliable neutral source, such as a professor or expert. If you think the criteria are met, but the project is still waiting for approval, feel free to notify the committee and ask them to consider its approval.A committee member provided the following comment: |
- The community needs to develop an active test project; it must remain active until approval (automated statistics, recent changes). It is generally considered active if the analysis lists at least three active, not-grayed-out editors listed in the sections for the previous few months.
- The community needs to complete required MediaWiki interface translations in that language (about localization, translatewiki, check completion).
- The community needs to discuss and complete the settings table below:
| What | Value | Example / Explanation |
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| Language code | lif (SIL, Glottolog) | A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ... |
| Language name | Limbu | Language name in English |
| Language name | ᤕᤠᤰᤌᤢᤱ ᤐᤠᤴ | Language name in your language. This will appear in the language list on Special:Preferences, in the interwiki sidebar on other wikis, ... |
| Language Wikidata item | Q56477 - item has currently the following values:
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Item about the language at Wikidata. It would normally include the Wikimedia language code, name of the language, etc. Please complete at Wikidata if needed. |
| Directionality | LTR | Is the language written from left to right (LTR) or from right to left (RTL)? |
| Site URL | lif.wikipedia.org | langcode.wikiproject.org |
| Settings | ||
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| Project name | "Wikipedia" in your language | |
| Project namespace | usually the same as the project name | |
| Project talk namespace | "Wikipedia talk" (the discussion namespace of the project namespace) | |
| Enable uploads | no | Default is "no". Preferably, files should be uploaded to Commons. If you want, you can enable local file uploading, either by any user ("yes") or by administrators only ("admin").
Notes: (1) This setting can be changed afterwards. The setting can only be "yes" or "admin" at approval if the test creates an Exemption Doctrine Policy (EDP) first. (2) Files on Commons can be used on all Wikis. (3) Uploading fair-use images is not allowed on Commons (more info). (4) Localisation to your language may be insufficient on Commons. |
| Optional settings | ||
| Project logo | This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation). | |
| Default project timezone | Asia/Kathmandu | "Continent/City", e.g. "Europe/Brussels" or "America/Mexico City" (see list of valid timezones) |
| Additional namespaces | For example, a Wikisource would need "Page", "Page talk", "Index", "Index talk", "Author", "Author talk". | |
| Additional settings | Anything else that should be set | |
Proposal
editLimbu is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal, India (Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Sikkim, Assam, and Nagaland), Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Canada, and the USA. Limbu's refer to themselves as Yakthung and their language as Yakthung pan. Yakthung pan has four main dialects: Phedape, Chhathare, Tambarkhole, and Panthare dialects.
Yakthung pan (Limbu language) is one of the major languages spoken and written in Nepal, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Sikkim, Bhutan, Burma, and Thailand.
- Speakers:334,000 [1]
- Location(s) spoken: Nepal, Hilly Region and Himalayan Region, Sikkim, Darjeeling and some parts of India--CasetteTapeMaster (talk) 03:44, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
Discussion
editLimbu language is one of the major languages and mother tongues of more than five hundred thousand people of Nepal. There also has been a rapid growth and use of Limbu language and script in the recent years. --CasetteTapeMaster (talk) 03:44, 29 November 2016 (UTC)
Arguments in favor
edit- Support --बडा काजी (talk) 14:28, 1 November 2022 (UTC)
- support - Devraj poudel (talk) 16:57, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
- Support --Ganesh Paudel (talk) 09:22, 12 June 2024 (UTC)