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Request for a new language edition: Wiktionary Santali

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submitted

verification

final decision

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. 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.

• 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	sat (SIL, Glottolog)	A valid ISO 639-1 or 639-3 language code, like "fr", "de", "nso", ...
Language name	Santali	Language name in English
Language name	ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ	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	Q33965 - item has currently the following values: English label: Santali native label (P1705): Santali, ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ, সাঁওতালি, চাঁওতালি, संथाली भाषा, ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ ଭାଷା, ਸੰਥਾਲੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ, सन्थाली भाषा, சந்தாளி மொழி, సంతాలి భాష instance of (P31)/subclass of (P279): natural language, modern language / Munda Wikimedia language code (P424): sat writing system (P282): Ol Chiki, Latin script, Bangla–Assamese script, Devanagari, Odia, Bangla alphabet number of speakers, writers, or signers (P1098): 7,200,000	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	sat.wiktionary.org	langcode.wikiproject.org

Settings
Project name		"Wiktionary" in your language
Project namespace		usually the same as the project name
Project talk namespace		"Wiktionary 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/Kolkata	"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.

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Proposal

Santali is one of the 22 official languages of India and is among the most widely spoken Austroasiatic languages, with approximately 7.2 million speakers. As a South Asian Austroasiatic language, Santali is quite distinct from both other Austroasiatic languages and Indian languages. This uniqueness can make it useful for Santali speakers to utilize existing Wiktionary resources.

Santali boasts a rich literary tradition, both written and oral. The Government of India has officially recognized the Sahitya Akademi for its role in nurturing and promoting Santali literature. While the Santali culture is vibrant and diverse, much of its heritage has been preserved through oral traditions, resulting in limited documentation in the Santali language itself.

Although considerable research and documentation have been undertaken regarding the traditions, culture, folklore, and literature of the Santal community, most of this work has been conducted in other Indian languages. The survival and growth of any language significantly depend on the availability of knowledge and texts in that language.

Moreover, the Santali Wikipedia, which launched six years ago, is an active project that could greatly benefit from a resource like Wiktionary. Such a platform would allow for the consolidation of vocabulary that is currently scattered across various offline books and retained in people's memories. Editors would then have an easier time searching for words needed to write and translate articles. Currently, Our team has strengthened to make continuous contributions. The Santali Wiktionary now contains over 1,500 entries. Therefore, the creation of a Santali Wiktionary is essential. Thank you. ᱤᱧ ᱢᱟᱛᱟᱞ (talk) 17:13, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

Support

1. Support approving of the active project with big amount of high-quality pages. Таёжный лес (talk) 18:42, 8 November 2024 (UTC)
2.  Strong support for the Santali Wiktionary project. There is a lot of activity, and it has many active members for this project. ᱥᱟᱹᱜᱩᱱ ᱗ (talk) 12:56, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
3.  Strong support I'm excited to share my thoughts on the Santali Wiktionary project. After Wikipedia's launch, we've been working to get Wiktionary off the ground. This year's regional conference really helped spread the word, thanks in large part to Bodi's efforts. Now, we're seeing lots of contributions and I'm hopeful we'll soon have our own domain, also thanks to Таёжный лес for supporting us🙏🙏.Rocky 734 (talk) 13:18, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
4. Support. In my patrolling duties I often spot edits on the Santali Wiktionary test project on Incubator, and I think it is the time it should be branched off from Incubator to its own domain. Seeing the growing Santali community in the Wikimedia project I think there's a real need for a Wiktionary aside from the existing Wikipedia. ToadetteEdit (talk) 14:12, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

   Thanks for all your effort on the Santali Wiktionary! I think it’s time for its own domain—it’d be a fantastic resource. Let’s keep up the great work! 😊ᱤᱧ ᱢᱟᱛᱟᱞ (talk) 17:37, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

5.  Strong support Our community users are putting their hard to make it live, the activeness of the community is strongly visible. It is now time for making it live. R Ashwani Banjan Murmu (talk) 18:47, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
6.  Strong support We, the community members are working collaboratively to see it live. I think, it's the best time to live. We're committed to contribute rigorously after live it. ᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱮᱥᱥᱚᱨ ^💬 19:03, 10 November 2024 (UTC)
7.  Strong support This project should move out of the incubator, as it has great potential to contribute to preserving linguistic heritage, empowering underrepresented communities, and promoting cultural and educational inclusivity.--Jnanaranjan sahu (talk) 06:15, 14 November 2024 (UTC)