Requests for new languages/Wikisource Assamese

Assamese Wikisource

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Requests for new languages (Wikisource Assamese)

submitted verification final decision Discuss the creation of this language project on this page. Votes will be ignored when judging the proposal. Please provide arguments or reasons and be prepared to defend them (see the Language proposal policy).

Proposal summary
Language details: Assamese (অসমীয়া, as ISO 639-1) Editing community: w:as:User:Chaipau (N), Jaminianurag (N), উদ্দীপতালুকদাৰ (N), w:as:User:Gitartha.bordoloi (N)Bishnu Saikia(N), Madhab Saikia (N), Prabhakar Sarma Neog(N),Dipankar Chetia(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 Wikisource External links: {{{external}}}
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We wish to begin work on the Assamese language Wikisource project. Currently there exists no Assamese Wikisource. Chaipau 09:35, 7 October 2011 (UTC) (N) Jaminianurag 11:16, 7 October 2011 (UTC)(N) উদ্দীপতালুকদাৰ 19:28, 7 October 2011 (UTC) Gitartha.bordoloi 19:33, 28 December 2011 (UTC) Bishnu Saikia 16:34, 1 January 2012 (UTC) Madhab Saikia 22:47, 1 January 2012 (UTC)(N) Psneog 04:32, 2 January 2012 (UTC) Babulbaishya 05:02, 2 January 2012 (UTC) Bhagat Lal Dutta 12:31, 2 January 2012 (UTC) (N) Dipankar Chetia 17:38, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Arguments in favour

• Assamese language is spoken in Assam (India), West Bengal (India), Bangladesh and various places of the Assamese communities in various parts of world.
• Assamese is the official language in Assam
• Approximately 16,709,000 people in Assam speak Assamese,
• Dialects: Standard Assamese, Western Assamese (Kamrupi), Nagamese and Arunachali
• Assamese is often used in all the states various ways, like words borrowed from it or as a connecting language.
• Assamese alphabet maps one to one to the Devanagari alphabets
• The Assamese Wikipedia has approx 1000+ articles in it