Requests for new languages/Wikiquote Oriya

Oriya Wikiquote

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Requests for new languages (Wikiquote Oriya)

submitted verification final decision This language has been verified as eligible. The language is eligible for a project, which means that the subdomain can be created once there is an active community and a localized interface, as described in the language proposal policy. You can discuss the creation of this language project on this page. (See an unofficial analysis of this request.)

Proposal summary
Language details: Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ, ori ISO 639-3) Editing community: Odisha1 (N), ansuman (N) Subha Panigahi (N) Sourav Mohanty (N) bhartia (N) List your user name if you're interested in editing the wiki. Add "N" next to your name if you are a native speaker of this language. Relevant pages: Development wiki project, development wiki project External links: [1],[2]
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Oriya is the predominant language of Orissa (now officially known as Odisha), where Oriya speakers comprise around 83.33% of the population according to census surveys.

• Number of speakers: More than 45 million (globally) speak Oriya
• Locations spoken: Orissa, Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Pondicherry, Bangalore, Chennai, Goa, Mumbai, Raipur, Jamshedpur, Baroda, Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Kolkata, Kharagpur, Guwahati.
• Oriya language has spread to the other parts of the globe such as Burma, Malaysia, Fiji, Indonesia, Java, Sumatra, the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and UAE. --Srikant Kedia 08:14, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Arguments in favour

1. I am up for or.wikiquote. Please approve. -ansuman 08:41, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
2. The translation work in Translatewiki ir going progressively and MediaWiki as well as extension messages will be translated very soon. So, please enable this project. ସୁଭ ପା (Subhashish Panigrahi) 17:24, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
3. ODIA "Dhaga dhamali" not only bears only some good sound and enhance our speech, but also bears some internal truth. We should take a step forward to make it alive in the modern society. Suchishraba Pallai 14:32, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
4. Yes, i am in favour, as oriya wikipedia is growing up, day by day.. Bhartia 13:11, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
5. Odia Wiki is growing up day by day and Wikiquote will help the Odias in India and abroad to learn the pros and cons of odia literature and this also shows how ancient odia literature is.ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ ପାଣିଗ୍ରାହୀ(Diptiman Panigrahi) 12.29, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
6. Odia is a very old language with a large community using the language which has a rich history of 2000 years.Inside Odisha we find many tribal language, they all use odia script.It has it's own digits which are still in use inside the state.It is important to save the great culture of odia. So please approve this request.