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 > > Sent from Outlook > _______________________________________________ > Langcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/langcom
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