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Discuss the creation of this language project on this page. Votes will be ignored when judging the proposal. Please provide arguments or reasons and be prepared to defend them (see the Language proposal policy).

The language committee needs to verify the language is eligible to be approved.

  • Check that the project does not already exist (see list).
  • Obtain an ISO 639 code
  • Ensure the requested language is sufficiently unique that it could not exist on a more general wiki.
  • Ensure that there are a sufficient number of native editors of that language to merit an edition in that language.

    This proposal is on hold:

    The language can be eligible, but the request creator didn't do anything except post the request. If there is activity in the Incubator, it can be reconsidered. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Amire80 (talk) 2024-11-06 (UTC)
  • 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
Proposal
Language code sil (SIL, Glottolog) A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name Sisaali Language name in English
Language name Sɩsaalɩ 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 Q36532 - item has currently the following values: 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)?
Links Links to previous requests, or references to external websites or documents.
Site URL sil.wikipedia.org langcode.wikiproject.org

Settings
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 File:... This needs to be an SVG image (instructions for logo creation).
Default project timezone Continent/City "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
Once settings are finalized, a committee member will submit a Phabricator task requesting creation of the wiki. (This will include everything automatically, except the additional namespaces/settings.) After the task is created, it should be linked to in a comment under "final decision" above.

Proposal

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- Native speakers: 180,000 - Location: Ghana and Burkina Faso - Family: Gur branch of Niger-Congo - Script: Latin - Resources: dictionaries, grammar books, online resources

  • Proposal for Wikipedia:*

- Reason: Promote the language, preserve cultural heritage, and improve AI identification for educational purposes - Proposer: Wira Luri.

Discussion

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@WiraLuri: w:Sisaala language told me that there are four language codes available for different "dialects (sic?)" of Sisaali:

  • sig for Paasaal
  • sil for Tumulung Sisaala
  • sld for Sissala
  • ssl for Western Sisaala

None of the 4 codes above correspond to any existing Incubator tests, So which one are you proposing to use? (the previous code you suggested, sis, isn't available because it points to another unrelated, and extinct, Siuslaw). --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 00:26, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]


"@Liuxinyu970226, thank you for your question. After reviewing the language codes, I propose to use sil for Tumul Sɩsaalɩŋ. This code best represents the dialect I aim to focus on for the Wikipedia edition. Please let me know if this is acceptable or if further clarification is needed. WiraLuri (talk) 21:47, 28 July 2024 (UTC)"[reply] 

Rescent data identifies 7 dialectical classificstions of Sɩsaalɩ .And I would like to use these dialectical variations as synonyms since its the language that is being treated .
Okay, set the language code to sil accordingly. --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 07:44, 29 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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