It’s as valid as Cornish!

> On 12 Nov 2019, at 14:37, Steven White <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Please see 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Prussian_2.
> 
> Prussian was considered to have gone extinct in the 18th century, and for a 
> while was listed in ISO 639-3 as "extinct". Indeed, that was the situation 
> when the project was first proposed in 2007.  However, in 2009, its listing 
> in ISO was changed from "extinct" to "living", due to a robust effort to 
> revive the language. Indeed, the Wikipedia article suggests that there are 
> now a few children who are natively bilingual. 
> 
> The revival effort is not based on this Wikipedia. The test project has been 
> moderately active over the years, but certainly not at a level that would 
> start us contemplating approval. But to me this is further evidence that the 
> revival is real and legitimate on its own, and not the very reason for a 
> Prussian Wikipedia project.
> 
> One person commenting on the request page suggests that prg should not be the 
> language code for the revival. Still, the fact that the ISO listing was 
> changed to "living" suggests that at least for now, the standards authority 
> is willing to accept that, so we should be, too.
> 
> Accordingly, I recommend that this project be marked "eligible".
> 
> Steven
> 
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