Here is the link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages
Jean-Philippe Béland User:Amqui Volunteer, Wikimedia Canada and Wikimedians of North American Indigenous Languages User Group On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 4:29 AM Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hoi, > Did you make the request on Meta? This will trigger consideration by the > language committee. > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 1 June 2018 at 09:51, Jan Kabel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello fellow wikipedia users, > > > > I want to propose the creation of a wikipedia for the Uzbek language > (uzb) > > variant which uses the Perso-Arabic writing system, called „Arab Yazuv“ > > („Arab writing system“). This variant is also known as Southern Uzbek > (uzb) > > or Afghan Uzbek. > > > > Although there is an Uzbek wikipedia (uz.wikipedia.org), it does not > > include this type of writing system and therefore it cannot be understood > > by a large group of Uzbek speakers who use this writing system. This > group > > of speakers consists of 3.4 million people in Afghanistan alone, where > the > > Perso-Arabic writing system is the sole and only used writing system for > > the Uzbek language. There are also a sizable group of Uzbeks living in > > Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and China who still use the Arab variant for > writing > > their language. > > > > Historically the Perso-Arabic writing system was the only writing system > > used for the Uzbek language before beeing replaced in Uzbekistan by latin > > and cyrillic writing systems in the 20th century. > > > > The amount of literature for the Uzbek language written in the > > Perso-Arabic writing system is considerably high due to the developmemt > of > > Uzbek from Chaghatai (chg), which is very closely resembled to the > > Perso-Arabic written Uzbek language of today. > > > > The amount of modern Uzbek literature in this writing system increased in > > recent years due to educational improvements in Northern Afghanistan. > The > > interest in a Wikipedia for Uzbek Speakers using the Perso-Arabic writing > > system is also considerably high and will probably increase even more > after > > its creation. > > > > The language is sufficiently unique because it shares more words with > > Persian and Arabic than the language variant used in Uzbekistan. It is > even > > differentiated from the „uzb“ language code of Uzbekistan and uses its > own > > „uzs“ language code. The language can not coexist on the general latin > > based Uzbek wikipedia which consists of the latin and cyrillic written > > variant of the language, because those two variants share a much stronger > > etymological and liguistic development and are often understood by both, > > cyrillic and latin writers of the Uzbek language, whereas the > Perso-Arabic > > variant is almost exclusively understood by the Afghan Uzbeks. Most > modern > > computer like Mac and Windows desktops include Afghan Uzbek Keyboards. > > > > I want to thank anybody who can help in this case. > > > > Abu Asem > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
