Requests for new languages/Wikipedia Kinaray-a

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[edit] Kinaray-a Wikipedia

• See second request (open).

Discussion verification final decision This proposal has been closed as part of a reform of the request process. This request has not necessarily been rejected, and new requests are welcome. This decision was taken by the language committee in accordance with the Language proposal policy. The closing committee member provided the following comment: This discussion was created before the implementation of the Language proposal policy, and it is incompatible with the policy. Please open a new proposal in the format this page has been converted to (see the instructions). Do not copy discussion wholesale, although you are free to link to it or summarise it (feel free to copy your own comments over). —{admin} Pathoschild 06:17, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

• Relevant infos: Kinaray-a is second most-spoken language in Panay Island in the Philippines. Long considered to be variant of Hiligaynon, Kinaray-a linguists are fighting to establish its own right to be called a langauge. It is distinct in many ways from Hiligaynon. It is the official language of the Province of Antique (Antike/Hantike), it is spoken by 70% of Iloilo Province's population and 75% of Capiz Province's population. There are also large numbers of Kinaray-a speakers on the islands of Mindoro, Palawan, Romblon, Masbate and Metro Manila.
  • Approximate number of speakers: 1,600,000
  • Location(s) spoken: Antique, Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan, Romblon, Mindoro Occidental, Palawan, Masbate Provinces in the Philippines and Manila
  • Closely related languages, if any: belongs to the Western branch of the Visayan language family, along with Cuyonon, Caluyanon, Onhan, Akeanon, and Ratagnon. Related to other Visayan languages such as Hiligaynon, Cebuano, and Waray-Waray. Distantly related to other Austronesian languages such as Tagalog, Indonesian, etc.
  • External links to organizations that promote the language: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iririmawtatun A Yahoo group for people from Antique province where Kinaray-a is the native language.
  • Link to request on a mailing list:
  • Link to Test-wikipedia: incubator:Test-WP/krj
• Comments:
  • Support--Harvzsf 22:40, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Support--Juan bahag 00:32, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Support It's one of the 13 major Philippine languages plus there seems to be a big Kinaray-a presence on the internet. --Christopher Sundita 02:26, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Support--Node ue 10:22, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Support--Bentong Isles 13:03, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Support--Katimawan2005 03:15, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Support--Joanot 13:49, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Support--Nino Gonzales 13:20, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Support--Saluyot 10:12, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Support--Belgian man 18:16, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Support Raetius 13:27, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Support--Chamdarae 16:58, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
  • Support--Taichi - (^_^) 10:01, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Support --Jondel 05:56, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong OPPOSE -- it is wrong to propose to squat the language code of another language
    • Is it possible to find another native speaker, before this is listed as an approved requst? Thanks! --Node ue 21:09, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
    • Nobody's squatting anything. krj is the Kinaray-a code. See SIL. Tuf-Kat