Ahirani is written in the Marathi variant of Devanāgarī, though this is a modern development, the older literature is in the Modi script. Since there already is a Marathi wikipedia, the script should not present a significant obstacle.
On Dec 3, 2011, at 2:53 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > There are a couple of things that are a requirement before a new language > gets its first project: > > - The language has to have an ISO-639-3 code and it has to be a natural > language; this it is > - A request has to be made on Meta > - An incubator project has to be started and it needs a few hundred > articles of sufficient size that allow an expert to appreciate that it is > indeed the language it is said to be > - A request for a new language has to be made at at translatewiki.net > - The most used MediaWiki messages need to be localised at > translatewiki.net > > What will make a big practical difference is when technical expertise is > provided for the creation of an applicable keyboard mapping or WebFonts. > Marathi and Nepali both use Devanagari but the rules for combining things > is different from for instance Hindi. The best place for this is by > creating a language support team for Ahirani. > Thanks, > Gerard > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Language_committee/Handbook_(requesters)#Making_a_new_request > http://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incubator:Wikis > http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Language_support_team > > On 3 December 2011 06:38, deepak sapkale <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I am Deepak Sapkale, 27 year old software engineer, currently working at L >> & T Infotech. I had attended Wiki Conference India 2011 and was really >> inspired to create new language which is spoken in my native town. The >> language is called "Ahirani" . The script of Ahirani is "Devanagari" which >> used for Hindi and Marathi languages. >> >> Please advise me, how can I proceed with this one. >> >> Regards, >> >> Deepak Sapkale >> contact no, home: +91-022-21717690 >> mobile no: +91-9920997888 >> >> Home is behind >> The world ahead. >> And there are many paths to tread. >> Through shadow, >> To the edge of night >> Until the stars are all alight >> Mist and shadow >> Cloud and shade >> All shall fade >> All shall...fade. >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikipedia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikipedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
