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Requests for new languages (Wikipedia Nheengatu)

Discussion verification final decision This language has been verified as eligible. Although the language is eligible for a project, the community still needs to meet some requirements described in the language proposal policy. In the meantime, you can discuss the creation of this language project on this page. (See an unofficial analysis of this request.)

Contents 1 Tupi Wikipedia 1.1 Arguments in favour 1.2 Arguments against 1.3 Other discussion

Proposal summary
Language details: Tupi (ñe'engatú, yrl 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. Ca'añay (NP)
Relevant pages: development wiki project
External links: http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=yrl
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Nheengatu, is an aboriginal language spoken mainly in the state of Amazon, Brazil. It is spoken by almost 35.000 people, but can be understood by almost everybody who speek Tupi-guarani languages, (almost 500.000, including those who can speek acient tupi) and Guarani.

[edit] Arguments in favour

[edit] Arguments against

[edit] Other discussion

• According to Ethnologue there are 76 languages that are considered Tupi. Could you please indicate which one is meant by Nheengatu ? I expect it to be this one .. If so the code you should use is yrl. Thanks, GerardM 13:55, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

• Betawiki is now ready to accept the localisation for the language. GerardM 23:19, 6 April 2008 (UTC)