Thank you, Milos. Turkish Wikipedia is where my heart lies, so it is < https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Vito_Genovese>. However, the text is mostly based on Kho-related enwiki articles. Proper attribution is indeed important, and if you wish, I might be able to identify the major contributors of these articles by doing some digging. Well, at least the authors of the relevant sections.
2017-02-26 18:18 GMT+03:00 Milos Rancic <[email protected]>: > Thank you, Vito! And, yes, inputs of this kind are definitely welcome! > > I would also like that we have proper attribution for the posts. For > example, to sign it as "Language committee (written by Vito [&...])". > Vito, what's your preferred Wikimedia user page? > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Vito Genovese <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This is my first ever comment on this list, so namaste everyone! > > > > I've taken the liberty of putting together a text about the Kho people. > It > > is obviously a draft, and there is much room for improvement. I just hope > > that it serves as a starting point for Satdeep to create a better flowing > > final text for the blog. Here it is: > > > > ---- > > The Kho people (Khowar: کھو, meaning "people"), also known as Chitralis > > (چترالي), are a Dardic ethnic group located primarily in South Asia. They > > are the predominant ethnic group in the Chitral region of Pakistan. It is > > estimated that their current population is approximately 300,000 people, > > most of whom live in Pakistan, with a small population living in > > Afghanistan. They are mostly Sunni and Ismaili Muslims. > > > > Kho culture is an ancient culture which places heavy emphasis on poetry, > > song, and dance. Folk singers, sitar and reed instrument players are > > respected members of the community. Kho people also have a great respect > for > > law and order. Much of this can be attributed to Chitral being a stable > > kingdom for most of its history, where the rule of law and the will of > the > > ruler came before tribal concepts such as revenge and isolationism. The > > festivities are mostly related to agriculture, which reveals the > > significance of agriculture for the Kho people. > > > > Their language, Khowar, is a Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic branch. > > Alternate names include Arniya, Chitrali, Kashkari, Patu, and variants > > thereof. This SOV language is spoken by the Kho people in Chitral > district, > > Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan (including the Yasin Valley, > Golaghmuli > > Valley, Phandar Ishkoman and Gupis), and in parts of Upper Swat. > Speakers of > > Khowar have also migrated heavily to Pakistan's major urban centres, > > including but not limited to Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi. > > Khowar is spoken as a second language in the rest of Gilgit and Hunza. > > Dialects include North Khowar, South Khowar, East Khowar, and Swat > Kwohar, > > with the North Khowar considered as the high variety. Kho people use > Naskh > > and Nastaliq variants of the Arabic script to write Khowar. > > ---- > > > > Best, > > > > Vito > > > > 2017-02-26 15:55 GMT+03:00 Satdeep Gill <[email protected]>: > >> > >> Awesome! I would love to write for the wikimedia blog. And yes, we > should > >> promote languages on the blog. > >> > >> I will do it the next few days. > >> > >> Regards > >> Satdeep Gill > >> > >> > >> From: Milos Rancic > >> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 17:47 > >> Subject: Re: [Langcom] Khowar Wikipedia analysis > >> To: Wikimedia Foundation Language Committee > >> > >> On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 1:14 PM, Satdeep Gill wrote: > I can surely > >> prepare a paragraph about the Khowar people, language and > culture in > the > >> next two days. A couple of paragraphs, a legitimate blog post :) But > it's > >> not that hard: Wikipedia and Ethnologue could give you all necessary > data > >> and you should just arrange it: people, culture, language. We should > start > >> promoting languages on blog.wikimedia.org :) > >> _______________________________________________ Langcom mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Langcom mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Langcom mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom > > > > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom >
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