2017-01-21 15:17 GMT+01:00 Milos Rancic <[email protected]>:

> I suggest "on hold" status for the request for [Wikipedia in] Ainu
> [1]. While it's a valid language with large enough ethnic population,
> just 10 people speak it [2]. Explanation for the "on hold" status
> should be "waiting for native speakers".
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_
> languages/Wikipedia_Ainu_2
> [2] https://www.ethnologue.com/language/ain
>

FYI, there is some effort to revitalise this language. The ethnologue.com
numbers may be outdated as there is even a magazine published four times a
year : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_Times
Still "on hold" is probably (and sadly) the way to go.

Cdlt, ~nicolas
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