Requests for new languages/Wikinews Javanese

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[edit] Javanese Wikinews

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Proposal summary
Language details:
Javanese (Basa Jawa, jav ISO 639-3)
Users interested in forming an editing community:
Add N beside users that are native speakers, and P beside the original proposers' names.
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  • Number of speakers: 80–100 million total (including second language speakers)
  • Locations spoken: Java (Indonesia), Suriname, New Caledonia

[edit] Arguments in favour

  1. In January 1855, the first newspaper in Javanese the Bramartani appeared. It was initiated by the Dutch businessman Daniël Hartevelt. However after the Second World War in 1945 and Indonesia's independence, there was no more newspaper in Javanese. The replacement was a weekly or two weekly newspaper. With the Javanese Wikinews, hopefully the news in the Javanese language will be revitalized an will be an alternative for news in the dominant national language of Indonesia; Indonesian. Meursault2004 18:13, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
  2. If you can find enough people willing to help, go ahead and do it. (Red4tribe 16:59, 26 April 2008 (UTC))
  3. I believe there should be more than Meursault will do this. I am in favour --Andri.h 17:00, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] General discussion

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