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Language names are managed in a project called CLDR, see http://cldr.unicode.org. MediaWiki, UniversalLanguageSelector, Wikibase and so on are using this via a tiny extension (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CLDR). The preferred way of adding missing language names is by filling a ticket at http://unicode.org/cldr/trac. I did that once with no problem, and would like to encourage you to do as well.
The second way is to do changes to the file https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/ECLD/browse/master/LocalNames/LocalNamesEn.php via Gerrit patches. This can be a temporary workaround as long as there is no new CLDR version with the requested changes released. (Don't forget to report stuff at CLDR, and link to the ticket in your Gerrit patch or an inline comment.)
Additionally, MediaWiki does have a setting called "…ExtraLanguageNames". We are adding a few language names especially for Wikidata. See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/OMWC/browse/master/wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php;1fd6734383b393eedf0004cc59f33f388ca89c5a$16360. I will paste the relevant snippet here:
'abe' => 'wôbanakiôdwawôgan', // T150633 'din' => 'dinka', // T75563 'kea' => 'Kabuverdianu', // T127435 'nod' => 'ᨣᩴᩤᨾᩮᩥᩬᨦ', // T93880 'ota' => 'لسان توركى', // T59342 'rwr' => 'मारवाड़ी', // T61905 'sje' => 'bidumsámegiella', // T146707 'smj' => 'julevsámegiella', // T146707
As you can see this does not add the English names of these languages, but the name in the language itself.
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